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fattish

/ˈfætɪʃ/

fattish adjective: somewhat fat.

Adjective

fattish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat fat
    • He was a fattish but active man of paralysing stupidity, a mass of imbecile enthusiasms […]1949, George Orwell, chapter 2, in Nineteen Eighty-Four, part 1

Origin of fattish

From Middle English fattisshe, fattyssh; equivalent to fat + -ish.

Words formed from fattish

Questions about fattish

What does fattish mean?
Fattish means somewhat fat.
What part of speech is fattish?
Fattish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fattish?
Fattish is pronounced /ˈfætɪʃ/.

Words near fattish in the dictionary

  1. fattiest
  2. fattily
  3. fattiness
  4. fatting
  5. fatting up
  6. fattish
  7. fattishness
  8. fattism
  9. fattist
  10. fattists
  11. FatTok

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