well-fed
Americanadjective
adjective
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having a nutritious diet; well nourished
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plump; fat
Etymology
Origin of well-fed
Middle English word dating back to 1325–75
Example Sentences
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Wagner points for example to images of "well-fed prisoners, meant to suggest that conditions in concentration camps weren't really that bad".
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
Claudius lives on in our newsroom as a well-fed betta fish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Those same newsreels show well-fed Nazi guards, both men and women, now in allied custody.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
Despite the disease, Mary has remained in relatively good health because she’s well-fed and hydrated.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2024
Three successive times, they encountered and were rescued by well-fed Aborigines whose home was that desert, and who plied the explorers with fish, fern cakes, and roasted fat rats.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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