ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fatness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈfætnəs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fatness is a noun meaning The state, quality, or condition of being fat.

Meaning

The state, quality, or condition of being fat.

Example Sentences

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, […]
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.
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.

Word Forms

Synonyms for fatness

Depending on context, synonyms include fat, avoirdupois.

Antonyms for fatness

Common opposites include thinness, leanness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include avoirdupois, adiposity, obesity, obese, leanness, fattishness.

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