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fatty

UK/ˈfæt.i/ US/ˈfæt.i/ fairly common slang
adjective (1) noun (1)

adjective

1.

containing or composed of fat

  • “fatty food”
  • “fat tissue”
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noun

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Origin

From Middle English fatty, equivalent to fat + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian fattig (“fatty”), Dutch vettig (“fatty, greasy”), German Low German fettig (“fatty”), German fettig (“fatty”).

Phrases

  • fatty acid
  • fatty alcohol
  • fatty bom bom
  • fatty boombalatty
  • fatty cutty
  • fatty liver
  • fatty oil
  • partially defatted pork fatty tissue

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