Meanings
comparative more fatsome · superlative most fatsome
- Characteristically fat or fatty.
“'You better not be telling a whopper!” says the fatsome one, slitting his eyes, “You know what happens when people tell us whoppers.”
2013, Anna Kemp, Fantastic Frankie and the Brain-Drain Machine1 more example
My first thought was that it would make a fine accompaniment to my evening meal, for your puffin is a fatsome bird and fries nicely in its own juices.
2016, Will Mabbitt, The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones
Origin
- Englishfat
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Germanic*samaz
- Englishfatsome
Cite this entry
fatsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatsome
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