fatness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfætnəs/ (US)
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Etymology
From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness.
Meanings
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(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.
1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Panick”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book I, page 79:As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]
1624, John Donne, “19. Prayer”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 508:This fatness was Kartar Singh: it was the flesh singing, in bulging cantilenas and plump pedal-notes, a congenital and contented stupidity, a stupidity itself as positive as the sun.
1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 284:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fatnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (25)
lv tuklība (state of being fat) · ota شیشمانلق (state of being fat) · lad godrura (state of being fat) · hy չաղություն (state of being fat) · lv resnums (state of being fat) · gl obesidade (state of being fat) · la obēsitās (state of being fat) · lad gudrura (state of being fat) · ga raimhre (state of being fat) · es gordura (state of being fat) · hy գիրություն (state of being fat) · ang fǣtnes (state of being fat) · th ความอ้วน (state of being fat) · ms kegemukan (state of being fat) · ota سمیزلك (state of being fat) · te బలుపు (state of being fat) · gl gordén (state of being fat) · hi मोटापन (state of being fat) · la aletūdō (state of being fat) · ga beathaitheacht (state of being fat) · fi lihavuus (state of being fat) · gl gordura (state of being fat) · es gordeza (state of being fat) · hi मोटापा (state of being fat) · gd sult (state of being fat)