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unfattable en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + fat + -able.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) That cannot be fattened; unfattenable.
    • Hogs are also advantageous, when they can be brought through the winter without the ravages of any annual distemper; but where they are in a broken, unequal, and consequently unfattable state, dinmonting them becomes necessary […] 1803, The Farmer's Magazine, volume 4, page 399:

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more unfattable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unfattable Degree=Sup lexicographic