fatty

English

Etymology

From fat +‎ -y. Cognate with Dutch vettig (“fatty, greasy”), German fettig (“fatty”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfæ.ti/, SAMPA: /"f{.ti/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfæ.ɾi/, SAMPA: /"f{.4i/

  Rhymes: -æti

Adjective

fatty (comparative fattier, superlative fattiest)

1. Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
   • 1896, H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Chapter 14.

     Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.

   • 2002, George W. Bush, Presidential Radio Address - June 22.

     That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on fatty foods.

2. Like fat; greasy.
   • 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, Chapter 32

     [...] which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth

   • 1849, Hippocrates (Translated by Francis Bacon), Of the Epidemics, Book II, Section 1.

     On the sixth, stools black, fatty, viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.

3. (slang) Literally or figuratively large.

   Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a fatty reward! [1]

   Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a fatty discount) I impulsively bought the book. [2]

   I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now. [3]

Derived terms

• fatty acid

Translations

containing fat

Czech: tučný (cs) m. Esperanto: grasa (eo) Finnish: rasvainen (fi), rasvapitoinen (fi) German: fettig (de)

Irish: sailleach (ga) Swedish: fet (sv)

like fat, greasy

Finnish: rasvainen (fi) German: fettig (de)

Swedish: fettaktig (sv), flottig (sv), fet (sv)

large

Finnish: rasvainen (fi)

Swedish: fet (sv)

Noun

fatty (plural fatties)

1. (pejorative, slang) An obese person.

   Look at the size of that fatty

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:fat person

Alternative forms

• fattie

Translations

fat person

Armenian: չաղո (hy) (čaġo) Chinese: Mandarin: 胖子 (zh) (pàngzi) Czech: tlouštík (cs) m., tlusťoch (cs) m. Finnish: läski (fi), punkero (fi), pullukka (fi)

German: Fettsack (de) m., Fettwanst (de) m. Japanese: ふとっちょ (ja) (futotcha) Russian: толстяк (ru) (tolstják) m., толстушка (ru) (tolstúška) f. Spanish: gordito (es) m., guatoncito (es) m. Swedish: fetknopp (sv) c., fetto (sv) n., tjockis (sv) c., tjocksmock (sv) c., rulta (sv) c.