fattish
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of fattish
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at fat, -ish 1
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Anita, meanwhile, a fattish prima donna, went from Max, the queasy composer who took his inspiration glacier-gazing, to Daniello, back to Max again.
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From East & West they came, 55 of them, fattish and full of memories.
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To her alone is entrusted the task of cooking lunch for Son Louis, now a fattish little man with the traditional French pointed mustache.
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Out into the road, in sailor hat, buster brown collar, short trousers and socks, came a fattish cherub waving his report card at an old gentleman labelled G. 0.
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Mr. Bodler was a fattish man with faded blond hair who was always nosily cheerful at children.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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