mud-fatadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌdfat/, U.S.

/ˈmədˌfæt/, Irish English

/ˈmʌdfæt/, Australian English

/ˈmʌdfæt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, fat adj.

Etymology: < mud n.¹ (perhaps compare sense Phrases 2 at that entry) + fat adj.

Irish English and Australian.

Of an animal: well fatted, in prime condition. Also more generally: very fat.

ΚΠ

1833 Paddy Kelly's Budget 14 Aug. 228/2 For the invention of an apparatus..by which the food being introduced into the stomach of the animal, he becomes mud fat in a very short space of time.

1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 70 Mud fat, very fat. ‘The grass here is that good, that in six weeks a beast will get mud fat on it.’

1880 Argus (Melbourne) 17 Feb. 9/3 Bullocks are ‘mud-fat’ almost all the year round.

a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 191/1 You might bog your fingers in her, she's that mudfat.

1941 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 July 16/1 When you see the mongs as mud-fat as they are y' can bet the missus is a rotten cook an' has to throw a lot of stuff to 'em.

1973 D. Wallace Generation Gap 197 Eight hundred [hoggets] were sold mud-fat and the rest were disposed of later on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mud-fat
释义	mud-fatadj. Brit. /ˈmʌdfat/, U.S. /ˈmədˌfæt/, Irish English /ˈmʌdfæt/, Australian English /ˈmʌdfæt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.¹, fat adj. Etymology: < mud n.¹ (perhaps compare sense Phrases 2 at that entry) + fat adj. Irish English and Australian. Of an animal: well fatted, in prime condition. Also more generally: very fat. ΚΠ 1833 Paddy Kelly's Budget 14 Aug. 228/2 For the invention of an apparatus..by which the food being introduced into the stomach of the animal, he becomes mud fat in a very short space of time. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 70 Mud fat, very fat. ‘The grass here is that good, that in six weeks a beast will get mud fat on it.’ 1880 Argus (Melbourne) 17 Feb. 9/3 Bullocks are ‘mud-fat’ almost all the year round. a1908 H. C. Hart MS Coll. Ulster Words in M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal (1953) 191/1 You might bog your fingers in her, she's that mudfat. 1941 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 July 16/1 When you see the mongs as mud-fat as they are y' can bet the missus is a rotten cook an' has to throw a lot of stuff to 'em. 1973 D. Wallace Generation Gap 197 Eight hundred [hoggets] were sold mud-fat and the rest were disposed of later on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1833
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