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English Dictionary: fatness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fatness
n
  1. excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others"
    Synonym(s): fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois
    Antonym(s): leanness, spareness, thinness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fatness \Fat"ness\, n.
      1. The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed;
            corpulency; fullness of flesh.
  
                     Their eyes stand out with fatness.      --Ps. lxxiii.
                                                                              7.
  
      2. Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
  
                     Rich in the fatness of her plenteous soil. --Rowe.
  
      3. That which makes fat or fertile.
  
                     The clouds drop fatness.                     --Philips.
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