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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Building of a new Friedrichshafen hangar will be completed about Nov. , when construction of a huge, fattish dirigible will be begun.
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A sleek, fattish man with an expensive double-breasted suit, bushy eyebrows and flamboyantly styled long hair.
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Now he is a fattish, fiftyish, rheumy-eyed, flashy-dressing showman.
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From East & West they came, 55 of them, fattish and full of memories.
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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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