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fatness

/ˈfætnəs/ noun

In Latin: aletūdō, obēsitās Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fatness at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Excess bodily weight.
    she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others

Origin

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

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