Etymology

fatness

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Today it means: The state, quality, or condition of being fat. Full definition →

Middle English fatnesse ← Old English fǣtnes
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  1. Old English · inherited fromfǣtnes“fatness, the richest part of anything”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfatnesse
  3. English todayfatness

From Middle English fatnesse, fattenesse, from Old English fǣtnes (“fatness, the richest part of anything”), equivalent to fat + -ness.

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