fattedadj.
/ˈfatᵻd/, U.S. /ˈfædəd/ Somewhat archaic.
In senses of the verb; now only, fattened. [ to kill the fatted calf: proverbially used with reference to Luke xv.]
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > fattened
fatted1552
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [adjective] > fattened
fatc1000
refetc1380
fedc1400
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well-fatted1540
fatted1552
fattened1616
saginated1791
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > manured or fertilized
dungedOE
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mucked1290
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battled1600
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limed1707
sanded1707
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wared1795
littery1805
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nitred1822
gypsumed1841
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sewaged1861
sewage-irrigated1867
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [adjective] > manured
fatted1552
seasoned1604
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fatted or dressed with fatte, adipatus, a, um.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 205 A fatted hogge. Saginatus porcus.
1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings iv. 23 Beside.. fallow Deere, and fatted foule.
1647 A. Cowley Welcome in Mistress i Go, let the fatted Calf be kill'd.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Gemest landt, dunged or Fatted land.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey II. ix. 49 The fatted sheep.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 54 Agamemnon Offered a fatted ox of five years old.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 43 Pictures of the lean dogs and the fatted sheep.
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