fattish
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- fattishness noun
Etymology
Origin of fattish
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75; see origin at fat, -ish 1
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
No frills and furbelows will bedeck their billowing bosoms; no petticoats will swathe their fattish calves; no bushy beards will sway from their chubby chins.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is an earnest, balding, fattish young man with a blond mustache, rumpled pants.
From Time Magazine Archive
Building of a new Friedrichshafen hangar will be completed about Nov. , when construction of a huge, fattish dirigible will be begun.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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