Meanings
comparative more adipose · superlative most adipose
- Slightly overweight; chubby.
This was a statue of a slightly adipose child in a bath hat with its nappy round its ankles.
2012, Ruth Petrie, “Not So Lovely in the Garden”, in Notes from the Garden
- uncountableAnimal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
As reviewed in this volume, adipose function is mechanistically linked to diseases such as arthritis, asthma, and inflammatory bowel disease.
2007, Giamila Fantuzzi, Theodore Mazzone, editors, Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease, page xii
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
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Origin
- Latinadeps“fat, lard”
- New Latinadipōsus
- Englishadipose
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin adipōsus, from Latin adeps (“fat, lard”). By surface analysis, adip- + -ose; Latin adeps (“fat, lard”) is probably related to Umbrian 𐌀𐌛𐌄𐌐𐌄𐌔 (ařepes, “offerings of fat”) since 𐌛 (ř) in Umbrian regularly represents an earlier *d.
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Arabic دُهْنِيّ, نَسِيج دُهْنِيّ
- دُهْنِيّ (duhniyy)containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- نَسِيج دُهْنِيّ (nasīj duhniyy)animal fat stored in the tissue of the body
Bulgarian тлъст, мастен
- тлъст (tlăst)containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- мастен (masten)containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- тлъстина (tlăstina)animal fat stored in the tissue of the body
Catalan adipós
- adipóscontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Dutch vetweefsel
- vetweefselanimal fat stored in the tissue of the body
Finnish rasva-, ihra-
- rasva-containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- ihra-containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- rasvainencontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
- pulleaslightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft
- rasvakudosanimal fat stored in the tissue of the body
- ihraanimal fat stored in the tissue of the body
French adipeux
- adipeuxcontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Greek λιπώδης
- λιπώδης (lipódis)containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
Indonesian adiposa
- adiposaanimal fat stored in the tissue of the body
Irish sailleach
- sailleachcontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Italian adiposo
- adiposocontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Malay اديڤوس
- اديڤوس (adipos)animal fat stored in the tissue of the body
Polish tłuszczowy, pulchny
- tłuszczowycontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
- pulchnyslightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft
- tkanka tłuszczowaanimal fat stored in the tissue of the body
Portuguese adiposo
- adiposocontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Romanian adipos
- adiposcontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Russian жи́рный, жирово́й
- жи́рный (žírnyj)containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- жирово́й (žirovój)containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- са́льный (sálʹnyj)containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- упи́танный (upítannyj)slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft
- то́лстый (tólstyj)slightly overweight, somewhat fat and hence soft
- живо́тный жир (živótnyj žir)animal fat stored in the tissue of the body
Spanish adiposo
- adiposocontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Swedish fett-, fetthaltig
- fett-containing, composed of, or consisting of fat
- fetthaltigcontaining, composed of, or consisting of fat
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with adipose
Cite this entry
adipose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adipose
“adipose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adipose. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adipose,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adipose.
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