fatty
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fatty¹
- /ˈfæt.i/ UK
- /ˈfæt.i/ US
Rhymes with -æti
Where it comes from
From Middle English fatty, equivalent to fat + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fattig (“fatty”), Dutch vettig (“fatty, greasy”), German Low German fettig (“fatty”), German fettig (“fatty”).
adjective fattier · fattiest
- Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. fatty tissues
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Sometimes, especially, containing excess fat.
fatty liver
Similar: steatotic
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Like fat; greasy.
Similar: fatlike
- Of or related to fat. fatty acid
- Literally or figuratively large. Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a fatty reward!
fatty²
noun fatties · fattie
- An obese person. It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty!
- A large marijuana cigar; a blunt. We went to Plaster Creek, smoked a fattie, and emerged doing somersaults and cartwheels and laughing.
- A type of game played with marbles.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: superfatted, fat, roly-poly, fatso, oleaginous, greasy, oily, sebaceous, buttery, adipose, suety, fat person, fattening, tubby, fat-ass, fatass
Translations
Talk about this word "fatty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fatty. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. fatty. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fatty "fatty." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fatty.Cite this
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