fatly

fatly
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 and various fatty acids, the main constituents of animal and vegetable fat.
► ADJECTIVE (fatter, fattest) 1) (of a person or animal) having much excess fat. 2) (of food) containing much fat. 3) informal substantial: fat profits. 4) informal very little: fat chance.
● kill the fatted calf — Cf. ↑kill the fatted calf
● live off the fat of the land — Cf. ↑live off the fat of the land
DERIVATIVES fatless adjective fatly adverb fatness noun fattish adjective.
ORIGIN Old English.

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