unfattable

adj

unfattable

adj

Etymology From un- + fat + -able.

1

Archaic That cannot be fattened; unfattenable.

  • Hogs are also advantageous, when they can be brought through the winter without the ravages of any annual distemper; but where they are in a broken, unequal, and consequently unfattable state, dinmonting them becomes necessary […]1803, The Farmer's Magazine, volume 4, page 399:

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