Fatness \Fat"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed;
corpulency; fullness of flesh.
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Their eyes stand out with fatness. --Ps. lxxiii.
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2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
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Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. --Rowe.
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3. That which makes fat or fertile.
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The clouds drop fatness. --Philips.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fatness
n : excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in
herself as well as in others" [syn: fat, blubber, avoirdupois]
[ant: leanness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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