fattish

[fat-ish]

adjective

1. somewhat fat.

Other Word Forms

• fattishness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fattish¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.”

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Mr. Bodler was a fattish man with faded blond hair who was always nosily cheerful at children.

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On a woman Victor likes: “She was different. She wasn’t Rachel. She was fattish and human. And curious.”

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He had dark bushy hair with a lot of grey in it, a "fattish" face and a "bigger than average nose".

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