Van remembered that Mr. Alexander Screepatch, the new president of the United Americas, a plethoric Russian, had flown over to see King victor; and he correctly concluded that both were now sunk in mollitude.
"...he did not like either the look or the feel of his patient's belly, and since Fox was somewhat plethoric he decided to bleed and purge him." --Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 165
Van remembered that Mr. Alexander Screepatch, the new president of the United Americas, a plethoric Russian, had flown over to see King victor; and he correctly concluded that both were now sunk in mollitude.
- Nabokov, Ada, or Ardor
"...he did not like either the look or the feel of his patient's belly, and since Fox was somewhat plethoric he decided to bleed and purge him."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 165
from Trollope