Fat

Morpheme

Fat

Type

free base

Denotation

(1) plump, not thin, think, bulbous, rotund, bountiful; (2) animal tissue with high lipid content

Etymology

Middle English fat, fatt, fatte; Old English fǣtt

Evidence

antifat, backfat, bodyfat, butterfat, defat, fat, fatback, fatberg, fatburger, fatgraph, fathead, fatkini, fatless, fatlike, fatling, fatly, fatness, fatphobe, fatphobia, fatphobic, fats, fatsome, fatsuit, fatted, fatten, fattened, fattening, fattens, fattie, fattier, fattiest, fatting, fattish, fattism, fattist, fatty, fatware, fatwood, marrowfat, milkfat, nonfat, overfat, superfat, unfat, unfattable, unfattened, winterfat

Homographs

Fat