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fatness

fat·ness

US/ˈfætnəs/ uncommon

noun

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excess bodily weight

  • “she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others”
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From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness.

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