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fatty

Syllabification: (fat·ty)
Pronunciation: /ˈfatē/

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Definition of fatty

adjective (fattier, fattiest)

  • containing a large amount of fat:go easy on fatty foods fatty tissue
  • Medicine (of a disease or lesion) marked by abnormal deposition of fat in cells:fatty degeneration of the liver

noun (plural fatties)

informal
  • a fat person (especially as a nickname).

Derivatives

fattiness

noun

fatty in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of fatty in the British & World English dictionary