Fatness

//ˈfætnəs// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of being fat. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    excess bodily weight wordnet

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thicknessavoirdupoisbeefblubberbodybulk

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"God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, abundance of corn and wine."

Etymology

From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness.

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