Full-bodied means rich and heavy in the mouth. A full-bodied red, full-bodied and warm, a full-bodied coffee.
It describes weight rather than strength or flavour, so a full-bodied wine feels thick on the tongue whatever it tastes of. Alcohol and sugar both add to it, which is why warm regions produce more of them.
1adjectivefull-bodiedRich and heavy in the mouth.
“With the steak, the waiter recommended a full-bodied red wine from Spain.”
full-bodied is a quality.
Full plus bodied, from body in the tasting sense of weight in the mouth.
From full + bodied.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Smell & Taste