fatness

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fatness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fatness \Fat"ness\, n.
     1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed;
        corpulency; fullness of flesh.
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              Their eyes stand out with fatness.    --Ps. lxxiii.
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     2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
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              Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. --Rowe.
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     3. That which makes fat or fertile.
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              The clouds drop fatness.              --Philips.
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fatness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fatness
      n 1: excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as
           well as in others" [syn: fatness, fat, blubber,
           avoirdupois] [ant: leanness, spareness, thinness]