fatnessn.
/ˈfatnəs/, U.S. /ˈfætnəs/ 1. The quality or state of being fat.figurative.1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 144 In the fatnesse of these pursie times Vertue it selfe of vice must pardon beg. View more context for this quotation† b. Typography. Breadth or thickness. Obsolete.figurative.1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIiiv Makyng it to encrease in a spirituall fatnesse of deuocion.
a. The condition of having the flesh interspersed with fat; plumpness, fullness of flesh, corpulence.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > prosperous conditions
fatnessc1000
milk and honeyOE
plentyc1330
sunshine1584
felicities1625
rose1832
sunlight1864
the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [noun] > fat or plump shape or physique > state of having
fatnessc1000
greasea1340
corsiousnessc1440
fleshiness1541
plumpness1545
corporateness1547
fogginess1547
fleshliness1552
corpulency1577
corpulence1581
corsiness1587
fullness1599
obesity1611
pinguitude1623
obeseness1653
aletude1656
portliness1658
eventriqueness1667
rotundity1684
fat1726
rotundness1727
bloatedness1732
embonpoint1751
roundness1763
repleteness1770
plumpitude1828
corporosity1837
stoutness1838
crumb1843
plumptitude1843
roundedness1849
chubbiness1850
adiposeness1868
roundliness1870
buxomness1875
bloat1905
tubbiness1906
poundage1915
overweight1917
endomorphy1940
plumpishness1947
pudge1967
morbid obesity1969
c1000 Ags. Ps. xvi[i]. 9 Hi habbaþ ealle heora fætnesse..utan bewunden.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 86 If þat þe bodi..ben mene bitwene fatnes & lenenes þat is neiþer to fatt ne to leene.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xvii. 76 Wrastling..taketh awaie fatnesse, puffes, and swellinges.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 187 Eeles have all parts fit for generation..but so smal as not to be easily discerned, by reason of their fatness . View more context for this quotation
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 177 We can account for the extraordinary fatness of cooks, butchers, and other persons.
1885 Truth 28 May 850/1 Fatness alone prevented her from continuing to shine as a lyric star.
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1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 23 Measure the Fatness of the left hand Arch of e.
c. Of a tree: Oiliness; juiciness. Of the soil: Unctuous nature; hence, fertility, luxuriance. Obsolete or archaic exc. U.S.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [noun] > rich
fatnessc1384
the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap > state of having
fatnessc1384
sappiness1552
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or fertility
tallowc1380
fatnessc1384
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [noun] > soil as source of growth > fertility or richness
fecundityc1420
fertility1490
pregnance?1533
fatness1555
battleness1598
pride1603
lust1605
pregnancy1615
pinguity1623
generousness1695
productivity1865
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. xi. 17 Thou..ert maad felowe of the roote, and of fatnesse of the olyue tre.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 4 The greate moystnesse and fatnesse of the grounde.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xxvii. 28 God giue thee of the dew of heauen, and the fatnesse of the earth. View more context for this quotation
1727 J. Arbuthnot Tables Anc. Coins xxii. 263 By reason of the fatness and heaviness of the ground Ægypt did not produce..Metals.
1814 J. Taylor Arator (ed. 2) 172 This [sc. using bottom lands for tillage and grazing] is owing to the extreme fatness of the soil.
1849 E. Bryant What I saw in California ii. 23 I never saw a soil indicative of a higher degree of fatness.
1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xi. 197 Then about his vineyard's fatness where the mother of wine doth abound.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles II. xxiv. 34 The oozing fatness and warm ferments of the Var Vale.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [noun]
plenteoustea1382
fatnessc1420
feracityc1420
fruitfulheadc1450
fruitfulness1509
exuberancy1649
unbarrenness1656
efficience1669
teemingness1674
prolificity1718
generativeness1727
productiveness1727
prolificacy1756
productivity1818
fructuousness1855
teeming1856
plenteousness1864
populousness1881
fruition1885
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > fertilizer or manure
fatnessc1420
amendment1483
manure1532
manuring1577
battling1600
dressing1600
worth1609
sucken1615
folding1626
fertilizera1661
sumen1662
recuperativec1679
field dressing1743
top-dressing1744
sweetener1765
settera1793
mendment1798
side dressing1819
substratum1822
manurer1829
liquid manure1837
soil amendment1915
side dress1920
Growmore1944
soil conditioner1952
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 7 Valey ther hilles fattenesse hath rest.
1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors ii. f. 16 Comets..betoken..Barrines, because ye fatnes of ye earth, is drawen vp, wherof the Comet consisteth.
1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxv. 11 Thy paths drop fatnesse . View more context for this quotation
1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 29 Water..to..feed the Plants of the Earth with..the fatness of Showrs.
1709 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ (ed. 2) i. 58 They sink and drop Their Fatness on the Ground.
a. concrete. A greasy or oily substance, fat. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > greasy or fatty material > [noun]
fatnessc1000
pinguidity1598
fattiness1601
tallow1745
stearoid1882
c1000 Ags. Ps. xvi[i]. 11 Fætnysse heora hi beclysdon.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. lxiii. 181 In the beest is fatness that is callyd Adeps, Aruina wythout.
c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 257 Summe seien þat þe fatnes of grene froggis..haþ vertu for to make men heere.
c1450 J. Lydgate Stans Puer (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 29 In ale ne in wiyn with hond leue no fatnes.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 113 The fatnesse of oyle may not burne, tyl a weyke or matche be put therto.
1651 J. French Art Distillation iii. 71 There will distill into the receiver a fatness.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 87 Whose offer'd Entrails shall..drip their Fatness from the Hazle Broach. View more context for this quotation
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > [noun] > soil substances
fatness1577
soil colloid1915
plasma1938
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 20v A kinde of pith and fatnesse of the earth..called Marga.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 43v The fatnesse that the water leaues behinde it.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §355 Earth and Water..mingled by the helpe of the Sunne, gather a nitrous Fatnesse.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. ii. 283 Chalky Earth..beaten and steeped in Water, affordeth a Cream or Fatness on the Top.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > the best part
fatnessc1000
pick1787
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > plenty or fertility > richest part
fatnessc1000
fat1530
sumen1601
c1000 Ags. Ps. lxxx[i]. 17 Of fætnysse hwætes.
c1300 Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter cxlvii. 14 And with fattnes of whete filled þe wele.
1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 176 Cities, which..devoured the fatness of the whole Kingdom.
1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour i. ii. 12 Those ghostly Kings would..all the fatness of my Land devour.
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