Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fatness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fatness \Fat"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed;
corpulency; fullness of flesh.
Their eyes stand out with fatness. --Ps. lxxiii.
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2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. --Rowe.
3. That which makes fat or fertile.
The clouds drop fatness. --Philips.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fatness
n : excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in
herself as well as in others" [syn: {fat}, {avoirdupois}]
[ant: {leanness}]
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