Etymology: French, from Middle French, from en bon point in good condition
First Known Use: 1670
Example:
Her figure, of medium height and broad build, with a tendency to embonpoint, was reflected by the mirror of her whitewood wardrobe, in a gown made under her own organization, of one of those half-tints, reminiscent of the distempered walls of corridors in large hotels.
(about Bosinney's aunt Louisa in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga)
