fattish

fattish
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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  • Fattish — Fat tish, a. Somewhat fat; inclined to fatness. [1913 Webster] Coleridge, a puffy, anxious, obstructed looking, fattish old man. Carlyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fattish — [fat′ish] adj. somewhat fat …   English World dictionary

  • fattish — adjective Date: 14th century somewhat fat …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fattish — fattishness, n. /fat ish/, adj. somewhat fat. [1325 75; ME; see FAT, ISH1] * * * …   Universalium

  • fattish — adjective Somewhat fat …   Wiktionary

  • fattish — fat·tish || fætɪʃ adj. chubby, somewhat fat …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fattish — fat·tish …   English syllables

  • fattish — fat•tish [[t]ˈfæt ɪʃ[/t]] adj. somewhat fat • Etymology: 1325–75 …   From formal English to slang

  • fattish — /ˈfætɪʃ/ (say fatish) adjective somewhat fat. {fat + t + ish1} …  

  • fattish — adjective somewhat fat • Similar to: ↑fat …   Useful english dictionary

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