fatness
US/ˈfætnəs/
fatness noun: the state, quality, or condition of being fat.
Noun
fatness (countable and uncountable, plural fatnesses)
- The state, quality, or condition of being fat.
- Bread made of Pannick nouriſheth little, and is cold and dry, verie brittle, hauing in it neither clammineſſe, nor fatneſſe; and therefore it drieth a moiſt belly.1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Panick”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book I, page 79
- As therefore the morning devv, is a pavvne of the evenings fatneſſe, ſo, O Lord, let this daies comfort be the earneſt of to morrowes, […]1624, John Donne, “19. Prayer”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 508
fatness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
fatness in Hindi
- state of being fat
- मोटापा moṭāpā, मोटापन moṭāpan
fatness in Tamil
- ஒட்டியிருக்கும் திறன்
fatness in Urdu
- fatness, obesity
- سمن siman
- fatness; plumpness
- مٹاپا muṭāpā
fatness in Telugu
- state of being fat
- బలుపు balupu
More languagesFewer languages
- fatness in Malayalam
- തടി taṭi
- fatness in Malay
- kegemukan
- fatness in Thai
- ความอ้วน kwaam-ûuan
Antonyms of fatness
Forms of fatness
| plural | fatnesses |
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Origin of fatness
From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness.
Words formed from fatness
Words that rhyme with fatness
Questions about fatness
- What does fatness mean?
- Fatness means the state, quality, or condition of being fat.
- What is fatness in Hindi?
- Fatness in Hindi is मोटापा (moṭāpā), मोटापन (moṭāpan). See Fatness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fatness?
- Fatness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fatness?
- Fatness is pronounced /ˈfætnəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of fatness?
- The plural of fatness is fatnesses.
Words near fatness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fatness (page history and authors); fatness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سمن (Urdu) (page history and authors); തടി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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