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Webster 1913 Edition


Fatness

Fat′ness

,
Noun.
1.
The quality or state of being fat, plump, or full-fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.
Their eyes stand out with
fatness
.
Ps. lxxiii. 7.
2.
Hence; Richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
Rich in the
fatness
of her plenteous soil.
Rowe.
3.
That which makes fat or fertile.
The clouds drop
fatness
.
Philips.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fatness

FAT'NESS

,
Noun.
[from fat.]
1.
The quality of being fat, plump, or full fed; corpulency; fullness of flesh.
Their eyes stand out with fatness. Ps. 73.
2.
Unctuous or greasy matter.
3.
Unctuousness; sliminess; applied to earth: hence richness; fertility; fruitfulness.
God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine. Gen. 27.
4.
That which gives fertility.
Thy paths drop fatness. Ps. 65.
The clouds drop fatness.
5.
The privileges and pleasures of religion; abundant blessings.
Let your soul delight itself in fatness. Is. 55.

Definition 2024


fatness

fatness

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Noun

fatness (countable and uncountable, plural fatnesses)

  1. The state of being fat

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