fatty

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English

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfæt.i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfæt.i/
• Rhymes: -æti

Adjective

fatty (comparative fattier, superlative fattiest)

1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
   1. Sometimes, especially, containing excess fat.

      Synonym: steatotic
2. Like fat; greasy.

   Synonym: fatlike

3. Of or related to fat.
   • 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1.

     On the sixth, stools black, fatty, viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.
4. (slang) Literally or figuratively large.
   • 2007, Rimma [3]

     I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now.

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Etymology 2

From fat +‎ -y (diminutive suffix).

Alternative forms

• fattie

Noun

fatty (plural fatties)

1. (derogatory, slang) An obese person.

2. (slang) A large marijuana cigar; a blunt.
3. A type of game played with marbles.

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• See also Thesaurus:fat person
• See also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette

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