Adjective: fatty (fattier,fattiest) fa-tee
Usage: informal
- Containing or composed of fat
"fatty food";
- fat
- (medicine) having accumulated fat
"The patient's fatty liver was a cause for concern"
Usage: informal
- An overweight or obese person
"The schoolyard bully cruelly called him 'fatty'";
- fatso [informal], fat person, roly-poly [informal], butterball [N. Amer, informal], blimp [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: fattiest, fattier, fatties
See also: adipose, buttery, greasy, oily, oleaginous, sebaceous, suety, superfatted
Type of: large person
Antonym: scrag
Encyclopedia: Fatty, Mabel and the Law