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1700s Form Of Thicc

  • Writer: Rahman Hanif
    Rahman Hanif
  • Jan 30, 2018
  • 1 min read

- Peter Pan (1953)

"It was a girl called Tinker Bell exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf, cut low and square, through which her figure could be seen to best advantage. She was slightly inclined to (embonpoint) " —J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan (1911)

embonpoint noun | em•bon•point | ˌämbônˈpwän

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Definition of EMBONPOINT plumpness of person : STOUTNESS First Known Use : 1670

Did You Know? Embonpoint is most often used to describe people of heavy, but not unattractive, girth. It derives from "en bon point," a phrase from Middle French that means ,n good condition." The word was first used as a noun in English in the 17th century. It has subsequently appeared In works by Charlotte Bronze ("a form decidedly inclined to embonpoint" - Shirley), James Fenimore Cooper ran embonpoint that was Just sufficient to distinguish her from most of her companions"- Nome as Found), and George Eliot ("as erect in her comely embonpoint as a statue of Ceres" - Adam Bede), among others.

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