Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state, quality, or condition of being fat.

More definitions
  • excess bodily weight

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Fatness isn't contagious, or is it?

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  2. God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest p

From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness.

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Forms

plural: fatnesses
Singularfatness
Pluralfatnesses

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

3 related words
Relatedobesityfat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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