Fatness

Fatness
Fatness Fat"ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh. [1913 Webster]

Their eyes stand out with fatness. --Ps. lxxiii. 7. [1913 Webster]

2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness. [1913 Webster]

Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]

3. That which makes fat or fertile. [1913 Webster]

The clouds drop fatness. --Philips. [1913 Webster]


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  • fatness — [n] overweight adiposity, breadth, bulkiness, corpulence, distension, flab*, flesh, fleshiness, girth, grossness, heaviness, heftiness, inflation, largeness, obesity, plumpness, portliness, protuberance, pudginess, rotundity, size, stoutness,… …   New thesaurus

  • fatness — /fat nis/, n. 1. the state or condition of being fat; obesity; corpulence. 2. richness; fertility; abundance: the fatness of the land. [bef. 1000; ME fatnesse, OE faetnes. See FAT, NESS] * * * …   Universalium

  • fatness — noun persons with varying degrees of fatness were chosen for the stress tests Syn: plumpness, stoutness, heaviness, chubbiness, portliness, rotundity, flabbiness, paunchiness; obesity, corpulence; informal tubbiness, pudginess Ant: thinness …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • fatness — fat ► NOUN 1) a natural oily substance in animal bodies, deposited under the skin or around certain organs. 2) such a substance, or a similar one made from plants, used in cooking. 3) Chemistry any of a group of solid natural esters of glycerol… …   English terms dictionary

  • fatness — noun excess bodily weight she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others • Syn: ↑fat, ↑blubber, ↑avoirdupois • Ant: ↑leanness • Derivationally related forms: ↑blubbery …   Useful english dictionary

  • fatness — noun see fat I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fatness — noun The state of being fat …   Wiktionary

  • fatness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plumpness, obesity, weight, flesh, heaviness, portliness, grossness, corpulence, bulkiness, girth, breadth, largeness, stoutness, rotundity, protuberance, bloatedness, distention, hypertrophy, fleshiness, flabbiness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • fatness — sb. Ps. cxlvii. 14 …   Oldest English Words

  • fatness — fat·ness || fætnɪs n. obeseness, obesity; fattiness; fertileness, richness …   English contemporary dictionary

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