fatness

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fatness

  • /ˈfætnəs/ US

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

noun fatnesses

  1. countable, uncountable The state, quality, or condition of being fat. Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly.

Opposite: thinness

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Opposite: thinness

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noun state of being fat

Españolgordura, gordeza
हिन्दीमोटापा moṭāpā, मोटापन moṭāpan

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@misc{fatness_2026,
  title = {fatness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fatness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}