Both Uses of
corpulent
in
Moby Dick
- The huge corpulence of that Hogarthian monster undulates on the surface, scarcely drawing one inch of water.†
Chpt 55-57 *
- Fourth: Stealing unawares upon the whale in the fancied security of the middle of solitary seas, you find him unbent from the vast corpulence of his dignity, and kitten-like, he plays on the ocean as if it were a hearth.†
Chpt 85-87
Definition:
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(corpulent) with excessive body fat