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  • adjective superlative form of fat: most fat.

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Examples

  • The evolutionary forces that separate the fattest from the fittest and the sustainable from the irrelevant are tearing apart the homeostasis that maintained the stability and survival of the energy-intensive businesses, urbanized communities and consumer lifestyles.

    Think Progress » Big Oil Launches Attack On Al Gore 2006

  • At 240 pounds, Elmsley was known as the fattest undergraduate of his day.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • At 240 pounds, Elmsley was known as the fattest undergraduate of his day.

    American Connections James Burke 2007

  • In seventh place when it came to brains Cicero placed Cassius Longinus—“that barrel of lard”—who was sometimes called the fattest man in Rome.

    Imperium Robert Harris 2006

  • In seventh place when it came to brains Cicero placed Cassius Longinus—“that barrel of lard”—who was sometimes called the fattest man in Rome.

    Imperium Robert Harris 2006

  • A few years ago I moved to Philly, which recently had been named the fattest city in America.

    Fat State, Thin State, Red State, Blue State 2007

  • Which is his real mother Lucy cannot quite make out, for she sees an immense party of black women, all shiny and polished, with a great many beads wound round their heads, necks, ankles, and wrists; and nothing besides the tiniest short petticoats: and all the fattest are the smartest; indeed, they have gourds of milk beside them, and are drinking it all day long to keep themselves fat.

    Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Which is his real mother Lucy cannot quite make out, for she sees an immense party of black women, all shiny and polished, with a great many beads wound round their heads, necks, ankles, and wrists; and nothing besides the tiniest short petticoats: and all the fattest are the smartest; indeed, they have gourds of milk beside them, and are drinking it all day long to keep themselves fat.

    Little Lucy's Wonderful Globe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Associated Press dubbed the fattest city in the country.

    GOOD Peter Smith 2010

  • Associated Press dubbed the fattest city in the country.

    GOOD Peter Smith 2010

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