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fattiness

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fat⋅ty

1  [fat-ee] adjective, -ti⋅er, -ti⋅est.
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–adjective
1. consisting of, containing, or resembling fat: fatty tissue.
2. Pathology. characterized by overproduction or excessive accumulation of fat.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see fat, -y 1

Related forms:
fat⋅ti⋅ly, adverb
fat⋅ti⋅ness, noun
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fat·ty   (fāt'ē)   
adj.   fat·ti·er, fat·ti·est

  1. Containing or composed of fat: fatty food; fatty deposits.

  2. Characteristic of fat; greasy.

  3. Derived from or chemically related to fat.

n.   pl. fat·ties Offensive
A fat person.
fat'ti·ly adv., fat'ti·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
fatty

  1. n.
    a derogatory nickname for a fat person. (Cruel. Also a rude term of address.) : Okay, fatty, you get the biggest piece of cake because you deserve it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fat·ty
Pronunciation: 'fat-E
Function: adjective
Inflected Forms: fat·ti·er; -est
1 a : undulystout : CORPULENT b : marked by an abnormal deposit of fat fatty liver><fatty cirrhosis>
2 : derived from or chemically related to fat —fat·ti·ness noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

fatty fat·ty (fāt'ē)
n.

  1. Containing or composed of fat.

  2. Characteristic of fat; greasy.

  3. Derived from or chemically related to fat.

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