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fatty en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfæt.i/ (UK)
  • /ˈfæt.i/ (US)
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

  1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
    • fatty meats
    • Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue. 1896, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Chapter 14”, in The Island of Doctor Moreau (Heinemann’s Colonial Library of Popular Fiction; 52), London: William Heinemann, →OCLC; republished as The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility, New York, N.Y.: Stone & Kimball, 1896, →OCLC:
    • fatty tissues
  2. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat. ▸ Sometimes, especially, containing excess fat.
    • As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. 2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist:
    • fatty pancreas
    • That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on fatty foods. 2002, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address - June 22:
    • fatty liver
  3. Like fat; greasy.
  4. Of or related to fat.
    • fatty alcohol
    • […]which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, “CHAPTER XXXII”, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
    • 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1. On the sixth, stools black, fatty, viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.
    • fatty acid
  5. (slang) Literally or figuratively large.
    • Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a fatty discount) I impulsively bought the book. 2007, A. Bryant, Disappointment to Say the Least:
    • 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! 2007, getting rid of weed smell tips:
    • I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now. 2007, Rimma http://comments.deviantart.com/4/718221/456809541

Forms

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fattier Degree=Cmp lexicographic
fattiest Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

fatty cutty · fatty alcohol · nonfatty · fibrofatty · superfatty · fatty boombalatty · fattily · fatty acid · fattiness · fatty liver · unfatty · partially defatted pork fatty tissue · fatty bom bom · fatty oil

Relateds

fattish

Synonyms

steatotic · fatlike

Translations (62)

cy brasterog (like fat, greasy) · es graso (like fat, greasy) · sv fet (containing fat) · cy brasterog (containing fat) · es grasoso (like fat, greasy) · ms gemuk (large) · sv fet (large) · it grasso (like fat, greasy) · mk масен (containing fat) · bg мазен (like fat, greasy) · pt gordo (like fat, greasy) · alt јуулу (containing fat) · de fettig (like fat, greasy) · tr yağsı (like fat, greasy) · ka ქონიანი (containing fat) · ca gras (containing fat) · mi hinuhinu (like fat, greasy) · mk масен (like fat, greasy) · pt gorduroso (containing fat) · it grasso (containing fat) · nl vettig (like fat, greasy) · tr yağlı (containing fat) · ms berlemak (containing fat) · es mantecoso (like fat, greasy) · haw mona (containing fat) · ckb چەور (containing fat) · es graso (containing fat) · haw momona (containing fat) · es seboso (like fat, greasy) · tr yağımsı (like fat, greasy) · es pingüedinoso (containing fat) · fi rasvapitoinen (containing fat) · fi rasvainen (containing fat) · fi rasvainen (large) · fr gras (containing fat) · es pingüe (like fat, greasy) · gl graxo (containing fat) · pl tłusty (containing fat) · sv flottig (like fat, greasy) · uk жи́рний (containing fat) · ga sailleach (containing fat) · fa چرب (containing fat) · fi rasvainen (like fat, greasy) · sv fettaktig (like fat, greasy) · ms lemak (like fat, greasy) · da fed (containing fat) · haw momona (like fat, greasy) · ru жи́рный (containing fat) · es untuoso (like fat, greasy) · cs tučný (containing fat) · sv fet (like fat, greasy) · nl vettig (containing fat) · es pringoso (like fat, greasy) · ca greixós (containing fat) · de fettig (containing fat) · bg тлъст (containing fat) · fa چرب (like fat, greasy) · haw mona (like fat, greasy) · fr gras (like fat, greasy) · oc graissós (containing fat) · eo grasa (containing fat) · gl gordo (containing fat)

fatty en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Etymology tree English fat Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fatty From fat + -y (diminutive suffix).

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, slang) An obese person.
    • It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty!
  2. (slang) A large marijuana cigar; a blunt.
    • We went to Plaster Creek, smoked a fattie, and emerged doing somersaults and cartwheels and laughing. 2004, Anthony Kiedis, Larry Sloman, Scar Tissue:
  3. A type of game played with marbles.

Forms

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fatties Number=Plur lexicographic
fattie alternative lexicographic

Translations (41)

sv tjockis (fat person) · eo grasulo (fat person) · fi pullukka (fat person) · cmn 胖子 (fat person) · eo dikulo (fat person) · fi läski (fat person) · mk свинче (fat person) · nl vetzak (fat person) · af vetsak (fat person) · sv fetto (fat person) · pl baleron (fat person) · bg дебелак (fat person) · ja ふとっちょ (fat person) · gsw Bunse (fat person) · de Fettwanst (fat person) · yue 肥佬 (fat person) · pt gordo (fat person) · ru толсту́шка (fat person) · yue 肥婆 (fat person) · hi मोटू (fat person) · de Fettsack (fat person) · gl gordecho (fat person) · sv rulta (fat person) · yue 肥妹 (fat person) · ro grăsană (fat person) · cs tlusťoch (fat person) · hi मोटी (fat person) · fi punkero (fat person) · pl beka (fat person) · pl baryłka (fat person) · sv tjocksmock (fat person) · mk дебелко (fat person) · ru толстя́к (fat person) · yue 肥仔 (fat person) · sv fetknopp (fat person) · ro grăsan (fat person) · hy չաղո (fat person) · fr patapouf (fat person) · pl baryła (fat person) · my ဖတ်တီး (fat person) · cs tlouštík (fat person)