Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
FATTIER
FATTY
fatty, fat
(adjective) containing or composed of fat; “fatty food”; “fat tissue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
fattier
comparative form of fatty
Source: Wiktionary
FATTY
Fat"ty, a.
Definition: Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance. Fatty acid (Chem.), any one of the paraffin series of monocarbonic acids, as formic acid, acetic, etc.; -- so called because the higher members, as stearic and palmitic acids, occur in the natural fats, and are themselves fatlike substances.
– Fatty clays. See under Clay.
– Fatty degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition, in which the oil globules, naturally present in certain organs, are so multiplied as gradually to destroy and replace the efficient parts of these organs.
– Fatty heart, Fatty liver, etc. (Med.), a heart, liver, etc., which have been the subjects of fatty degeneration or infiltration.
– Fatty infiltration (Med.), a condition in which there is an excessive accumulation of fat in an organ, without destruction of any essential parts of the latter.
– Fatty tumor (Med.), a tumor consisting of fatty or adipose tissue; lipoma.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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