† ˈcorsious, a. Obs.
[a. AF. corsious = OF. corsieus, f. cors body, corse.]
= corsy, corpulent. Hence † corsiousness.
| 1430 Lydg. Chron. Troy ii. xv, Although he were of body corsyous. c 1430 ― Bochas iv. vi. (1554) 104 a, He waxe right fat, and wonder corsious. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 92 Corcyowse or grete belyydde, ventricosus. Corcyowsnesse, corpulencia. 1658 Phillips, Corciousnesse (old word), corpulency. |