Definition of Fatness

1. Noun. Excess bodily weight. "She disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"


Definition of Fatness

1. n. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.

Definition of Fatness

1. Noun. The state of being fat ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fatness

1. the state of being fat [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Fatness

1. 1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh. "Their eyes stand out with fatness." (Ps. Lxxiii. 7) 2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness. "Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil." (Rowe) 3. That which makes fat or fertile. "The clouds drop fatness." (Philips) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fatness

fatigued
fatigues
fatiguing
fatiguingly
fatiloquent
fating
fatism
fatless
fatlike
fatling
fatlings
fatliquoring
fatly
fatner
fatners
fatness (current term)
fatnesses
fatoush
fatoushes
fats
fatshedera
fatshederas
fatshionista
fatshionistas
fatsi
fatsia
fatsias
fatso

Literary usage of Fatness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"... and where'er he has gone, The land and its fatness is mark'd for his own; He can roam where he lists, he can stop where he tires, For every man's house ..."

2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1810)
"... va & n. to make or grow Fearlessly, fère'lès-lè. ad. without terror that which gives fatness fatness, ..."

3. Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, Fifteen Months a Guest of by John McElroy (1879)
"... OFF THE ENEMY REVELING IN THE fatness OF THE COUNTRY SOLDIERLY PURVEYING AND CAMP COOKERY SUSCEPTIBLE TEAMSTERS AND THEIR TENDENCY TO FLIGHTINESS MAKING ..."

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