A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OBESE

Sun, 12 Mar '23
Like Nero Wolfe
Sun, 11 Dec '22
Like sumo wrestlers, medically speaking
Fri, 7 Oct '22
Falstaffian, in a way
Wed, 22 Jun '22
Very corpulent
Sat, 4 Dec '21
Like Falstaff
Sun, 4 Jul '21
Like Ignatius J. Reilly in "A Confederacy of Dunces"
Sun, 27 Dec '20
Having a very high body mass index