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fatty
CIDE DICTIONARY
fatty, a.
Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fatty, adj. & n.
--adj. (fattier, fattiest)
1 like fat; oily, greasy.
2 consisting of or containing fat; adipose.
3 marked by abnormal deposition of fat, esp. in fatty degeneration.
--n. (pl. -ies) colloq. a fat person (esp. as a nickname).
--adj. (fattier, fattiest)
1 like fat; oily, greasy.
2 consisting of or containing fat; adipose.
3 marked by abnormal deposition of fat, esp. in fatty degeneration.
--n. (pl. -ies) colloq. a fat person (esp. as a nickname).
Idiom
fatty acid Chem. any of a class of organic compounds consisting of a hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxyl group, esp. those occurring as constituents of lipids. fatty oil = fixed oil.
Derivative
fattily adv. fattiness n.
THESAURUS
fatty
adipose, blimp, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, chrismal, chrismatory, fat, greasy, heavy, heavyweight, hippo, lardaceous, lardy, lump, mucoid, oily, oleaginous, oleic, potbelly, rich, roly-poly, sebaceous, sleek, slick, slippery, smooth, soapy, suety, swagbelly, tallowy, tub, tub of lard, tun, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentousROGET THESAURUS
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Unctuousness
N unctuousness, unctuosity, lubricity, ointment, anointment, lubrication, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, adipose, sebaceous, unguinous, fat, fatty, greasy, waxy, butyraceous, soapy, saponaceous, pinguid, lardaceous, slippery.For further exploring for "fatty" in Webster Dictionary Online