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[syn: fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fatness
n 1: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as
well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber,
avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness]