fatty

CEFRC1

/ˈfæt.i/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Containing a lot of fat.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Like fat; greasy.

Examples

  • He always feels cold because he does not have enough fatty layering on his body.

  • This is a rather fatty cut of meat.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.

  2. Sometimes, especially, containing excess fat.

  3. Of or related to fat.

More examples

In context

  • fatty tissues

  • 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1. On the sixth, stools black, fatty, viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.

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

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

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”).