Unfattable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That cannot be fattened; unfattenable. archaic

    "Hogs are also advantageous, when they can be brought through the winter without the ravages of any annual distemper; but where they are in a broken, unequal, and consequently unfattable state, dinmonting them becomes necessary […]"

Example

More examples

"Hogs are also advantageous, when they can be brought through the winter without the ravages of any annual distemper; but where they are in a broken, unequal, and consequently unfattable state, dinmonting them becomes necessary […]"

Etymology

From un- + fat + -able.

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