fattishadj.
/ˈfatɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfædɪʃ/ a. Somewhat fat; fairly supplied with fat.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump
fatc893
frimOE
fullOE
overfatOE
greatOE
bald1297
roundc1300
encorsivea1340
fattishc1369
fleshyc1369
fleshlyc1374
repletea1398
largec1405
corsious1430
corpulentc1440
corsyc1440
fulsome1447
portlyc1487
corporate1509
foggy fata1529
corsive1530
foggish?1537
plump1545
fatty1552
fleshful1552
pubble1566
plum1570
pursy1576
well-fleshed1576
gross?1577
fog1582
forfatted1586
gulchy1598
bouksome1600
fat-fed1607
meatified1607
chuff1609
plumpya1616
bloat1638
blowze-like1647
obese1651
jollya1661
bloated1664
chubbed1674
pluffya1689
puffya1689
pussy1688
sappy1694
crummy1718
chubby1722
fodgel1724
well-padded1737
beefy1743
plumpish1753
pudsy1754
rotund1762
portable1770
lusty1777
roundabout1787
well-cushioned1802
plenitudinous1803
stout1804
embonpointc1806
roly-poly1808
adipose1810
roll-about1815
foggy1817
poddy1823
porky1828
hide-blown1834
tubby1835
stoutish1836
tubbish1836
superfatted1841
pottle-bodied1842
pincushiony1851
opulent1882
well-covered1884
well-upholstered1886
butterball1888
endomorphic1888
tisty-tosty1888
pachyntic1890
barrel-bodied1894
overweight1899
pussy-gutted1906
upholstered1924
c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 954 She had..armes ever lith, Fattish, fleshy, nat great therewith.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 161 For fatting, the best are those [poultry] that haue the skinnes of theyr neckes thicke and fattysh.
1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) iii. ix. 149 In the Lobe it is so mingled with Flesh, that it becomes..fattish, fleshy and spungy.
1815 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 65 Talleyrand..is fattish for a Frenchman.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xi. iii. 79 The jolly Ambassador..Camas, a fattish man.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [adjective] > fatty or greasy
fatc1000
fattya1398
tallowyc1440
seamya1529
tallowish1552
smeary1582
fattish1589
greasy1592
pinguedinous1599
enseamed1604
pingui-substance1621
pinguid1635
axungious1658
pinguious1705
sevous1726
suety1730
sebaceous1783
pinguitudinous1827
crassy1858
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 51 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Pitch of trees on Ida hill, and fattish wax with grease.
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. x. 32 Clay mixed with a viscous and fattish Earth.
1671 J. Webster Metallographia xiii. 216 Thin plates of white silver in a fattish stone.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. iii. 49 a The fattish sort [of mortar] is more tenacious than the lean.
Derivatives
ˈfattishness n. the quality of being fattish.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > oiliness or greasiness > [noun] > fattiness
fattiness1572
pinguitude1623
fattishness1662
1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 28 The body of the water..did shine with a visible Fattishnesse.
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