"that makes fat," 1690s, present-participle adjective from fatten. Earlier word was fatting (1530s).
1550s, "to make fat," from fat + -en (1). Intransitive sense from 1630s. Related: Fattened; fattener. The earlier verb was simply fat (v.).
updated on October 30, 2012
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