superfattedadj.
/ˌsuːpəˈfatᵻd/, /ˌsjuːpəˈfatᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈfædəd/ 1. Esp. of a person: grown extremely fat, overweight.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective] > fat or plump
fatc893
frimOE
fullOE
overfatOE
greatOE
bald1297
roundc1300
encorsivea1340
fattishc1369
fleshyc1369
fleshlyc1374
repletea1398
largec1405
corsious1430
corpulentc1440
corsyc1440
fulsome1447
portlyc1487
corporate1509
foggy fata1529
corsive1530
foggish?1537
plump1545
fatty1552
fleshful1552
pubble1566
plum1570
pursy1576
well-fleshed1576
gross?1577
fog1582
forfatted1586
gulchy1598
bouksome1600
fat-fed1607
meatified1607
chuff1609
plumpya1616
bloat1638
blowze-like1647
obese1651
jollya1661
bloated1664
chubbed1674
pluffya1689
puffya1689
pussy1688
sappy1694
crummy1718
chubby1722
fodgel1724
well-padded1737
beefy1743
plumpish1753
pudsy1754
rotund1762
portable1770
lusty1777
roundabout1787
well-cushioned1802
plenitudinous1803
stout1804
embonpointc1806
roly-poly1808
adipose1810
roll-about1815
foggy1817
poddy1823
porky1828
hide-blown1834
tubby1835
stoutish1836
tubbish1836
superfatted1841
pottle-bodied1842
pincushiony1851
opulent1882
well-covered1884
well-upholstered1886
butterball1888
endomorphic1888
tisty-tosty1888
pachyntic1890
barrel-bodied1894
overweight1899
pussy-gutted1906
upholstered1924
1841 Ladies' Compan. June 57/1 And super-fatted native calves That act as constant safety-valves To patriot valor.
1895 Amer. Homeopathist 1 Mar. 84/2 Some other doctor besides the five superfatted and superelect might learn the wonderful secret of how to cure people according to the later doctrines of Hahnemann.
1908 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Oct. 1161/1 A superfatted liver, rendered so by various causes, toxic, and perhaps dietetic.
1927 P. G. Wodehouse Small Bachelor iii. 48 ‘Important people!’ Mr. Waddington snorted sternly, ‘A bunch of super-fatted bits of bad news.’
1947 L. Hastings Dragons are Extra ix. 212 A bald, double-chinned type who looked very like a super-fatted edition of ex-President Hoover.
1991 Times (Nexis) 2 Sept. And some superfatted nerd arranged for the barman to be prosecuted.
2. Of soap: containing excess fat or oil that has not combined with alkali during saponification.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [adjective] > soap > type of soap
mottled1676
superfatted1887
1887 Proc. Amer. Pharmaceut. Assoc. 35 67 Canz prepares mollin, or super-fatted soap, by employing a proportion of fat to alkali to the amount of 17 per cent. in excess of the base.
1922 L. W. Hill Pract. Infant Feeding xx. 446 A superfatted lanolin soap should be used, which is much less irritating to the skin that ordinary soaps.
1999 SL (Cape Town) June 34/1 Use super-fatted soap with added oils and moisturisers for dry skin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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