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cattiest | fattiest |

As adjectives the difference between cattiest and fattiest

is that cattiest is (catty) while fattiest is (fatty).

cattiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (catty)

    • catty

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cattie

    Etymology 1

    ; in sense “hostility”, see (m).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal, of a person or remark) With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy or upset, particularly among women.
  • (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a cat.
    • a catty smell
    Synonyms
    * (spiteful) bitchy (derogatory), cattish, malicious, nasty, snide, spiteful
    Related terms
    * (l)
    See also
    *

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) kati, from (etyl) languages, Mandarin:

    Noun

    (head)
  • A (unit of) weight used in China, generally standardized as half a kilogram.
  • * 2009 , Huaiyin Li, Village China Under Socialism and Reform: A Micro-History, 1948-2008 , Stanford University Press, ISBN 978-0-8047-5974-8, page 94:
    • To limit team members' consumption, it issued food stamps to the villagers and allowed everyone to eat one catty of rice a day.
  • * 1699 , Captain William Dampier, A new voyage round the world, Volume 1 :
    • 16 Mess'', make a ''Tale'', which here is 20 ''s''. ''English'', 5 ''Tale'' make a ''Bancal'', a weight so called, and 20 ''Bancal'' make a ''Catty , another weight.
  • * 1847 , Robert Montgomery Martin, China; Political, Commercial, and Social , Volume 2, James Madden (publisher), page 124:
    • Transparent yellow pieces are the best; the price is from eight to fourteen dollars per catty , according to size and quality.
    See also
    * (Hong Kong units) chek , tsun , fan , picul , tael , mace , candareen , tsin , leung , kan , tam English terms with multiple etymologies

    fattiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (fatty)

    • fatty

    English

    (quotations et al)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat.
  • * 1896 , , (The Island of Doctor Moreau) , .
    • Then in the case of excisions you have all kinds of secondary changes, pigmentary disturbances, modifications of the passions, alterations in the secretion of fatty tissue.
  • * 2002 , , .
    • That means eating fruits and vegetables and cutting back on fatty foods.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels.}}
  • Like fat; greasy.
  • * 1849 , (Hippocrates) (Translated by (Francis Bacon)), , Book II, Section 1.
    • On the sixth, stools black, fatty , viscid, fetid; slept, more collected.
  • * 1861 , (Charles Dickens), (Great Expectations) ,
    • which had a greasy and fatty surface like cold broth
  • (slang) Literally or figuratively large.
  • * 2007 , getting rid of weed smell tips
    • Be careful of the taxi drivers out there though, I've heard they sell you drugs, drop you off at your hotel and then dob you in to the Thai Police to get a fatty reward!
  • * 2007 , A. Bryant, Disappointment to Say the Least
    • Instead of going my normal route (ordering the book through the store, checking it out in person, and then ordering it online so I could get a fatty discount) I impulsively bought the book.
  • * 2007 , Rimma [http://comments.deviantart.com/4/718221/456809541]
    • I'm trying to get a fatty project done in a couple of hours right now.

    Derived terms

    * fatty acid

    Noun

    (fatties)
  • (pejorative, slang) An obese person.
    • It's hardly surprising, when it has to support that enormous gut! Lose some weight, fatty !

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Alternative forms

    * fattie