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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn: chubby, embonpoint, plump] n
1: the bodily property of being well rounded [syn: plumpness, embonpoint, roundness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from en bon point in good condition Date: 1670 plumpness of person ; stoutness

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. plumpness (of a person). Etymology: F en bon point in good condition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Embonpoint Em`bon`point", n. [F., fr. en bon point in good condition. See Bon, and Point.] Plumpness of person; -- said especially of persons somewhat corpulent.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. [Fr.] Plumpness, fleshiness, fatness, corpulence, corpulency, obesity, stoutness, rotundity.