fattenedadj.
/ˈfatnd/, U.S. /ˈfætnd/ That has been made fat.
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fatc1000
refetc1380
fedc1400
masteda1500
well-fatted1540
fatted1552
fattened1616
saginated1791
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > manured or fertilized
dungedOE
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mucked1290
chavedc1420
dungyc1450
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folded1579
chalked1598
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fattened1725
sooted1776
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littery1805
plastered1819
nitred1822
gypsumed1841
nitrated1841
sewaged1861
sewage-irrigated1867
1616 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals II. i. 4 Full of well-fleec'd Flockes and fatned Droues.
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 318 Where prolific Nile With various simples cloaths the fat'ned soil.
1871 J. Yeats Techn. Hist. Commerce i. iii. 63 Fattened hogs of five years old are mentioned by Homer.
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