fattish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- fattishness noun
Etymology
Origin of fattish
Example Sentences
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In these two-color works, fattish rectangles and squares hug the edges of the paintings at uneven intervals, always in progression from small to large, like boxy spirals.
From New York Times
Margaret Walker, employed as a typist and secretary, said: “He used to wear a siren suit and we used to see this shortish, fattish, tubby man bouncing along in a siren suit.”
From The Guardian
Mr. Bodler was a fattish man with faded blond hair who was always nosily cheerful at children.
From Literature
On a woman Victor likes: “She was different. She wasn’t Rachel. She was fattish and human. And curious.”
From New York Times
He had dark bushy hair with a lot of grey in it, a "fattish" face and a "bigger than average nose".
From BBC
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