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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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
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anita, meanwhile, a fattish prima donna, went from Max, the queasy composer who took his inspiration glacier-gazing, to Daniello, back to Max again.
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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