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fattish

American  
[fat-ish] / ˈfæt ɪʃ /

adjective

  1. somewhat fat.


Other Word Forms

  • fattishness noun

Etymology

Origin of fattish

Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; fat, -ish 1

Example Sentences

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He is an earnest, balding, fattish young man with a blond mustache, rumpled pants.

From Time Magazine Archive

From East & West they came, 55 of them, fattish and full of memories.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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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