From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: excess bodily weight; "she found fatness disgusting in herself as well as in others" [syn: {fat}, {blubber}, {avoirdupois}] [ant: {leanness}]
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