- 2. Fertilize, make fertile.
Fatten, v. n. Grow fat.
Fatty, a. Unctuous, oleaginous, oily, fat, adipose, greasy.
Fatuity, n.
- 1. Foolishness, imbecility, idiocy, feebleness of intellect, want of understanding.
- 2. Folly, madness, inane absurdity, infatuation.
Fatuous, a.
- 1. Foolish, witless, drivelling, idiotic.
- 2. Infatuated, mad, senseless, absurdly foolish.
- 3. Illusory, deceptive.
Fat-witted, a. Dull, heavy, fat. See stupid.
Faubourg, n. [Fr.] Suburb, environs, former suburb, former environs (in French cities).
Fauces, n. pl. [L.] Posterior part of the mouth.
Fault, n.
- 1. Defect, blemish, flaw, imperfection, failing, weakness, frailty, moral defect.
- 2. Misdeed, misdemeanor, offence, trespass, wrong, delinquency, transgression, error, lapse, slip, indiscretion.
- 3. Mistake (of judgment), error, slip.
- 4. (Rare.) Default, lack, want.
- 5. (Geol.) Dislocation, disturbance of strata.
Fault-finder, n. Censurer, objector, complainer, murmurer, repiner.
Faultless, a.
- 1. Perfect, without blemish, without fault, free from defect.
- 2. Innocent, guiltless, blameless, stainless, sinless, immaculate, spotless.