5 February 2018
adipose
[ad-uh-pohs]
adjective
1. fatty; consisting of, resembling, or relating to fat.
noun
2. animal fat stored in the fatty tissue of the body.
Origin of adipose
Latin
1735-1745; < Latin adip-, s of adeps fat, lard + -ose1
Related forms
adiposeness, adiposity [ad-uh-pos-i-tee], adiposis, noun
hyperadipose, adjective
hyperadiposity, noun
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Examples from the Web for adipose
Historical Examples
This was an office lined with adipose, with no work to speak of.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7
Elbert Hubbard
Fit as a fiddle only he has a lot of adipose tissue concealed about his person.
Ulysses
James Joyce
There are also three beautiful red spots on the adipose fin.
Fly Fishing in Wonderland
Klahowya
He sat, an adipose mass, breathing heavily, and sucking at his cigar.
The Man in the Twilight
Ridgwell Cullum
He works his oxen hard, gives them enough to eat to keep them in full health and vigor, but nothing for adipose.
The Natural Cure of Consumption, Constipation, Bright’s Disease, Neuralgia, Rheumatism,
Charles Edward Page
His bulging eyes grew more and more prominent, and his adipose jaw dropped.
The Sins of Sverac Bablon
Sax Rohmer
She is adipose to a degree that makes her circumference problematical, and her weight a mere matter of conjecture.
The Witches of New York
Q. K. Philander Doesticks
But once they had begun with the meagre child, the adipose old man, the lean or flabby youth, they went on through thick and thin.
Thoughts on Art and Autobiographical Memoirs of Giovanni Dupr
Giovanni Dupr
The acini are imbedded in a mass of adipose tissue which contains the vessels and nerves.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II
Various
He perched hesitatingly on the arm of an adipose easy chair, not having been specifically invited to sit.
Winnie Childs
C. N. Williamson
Anagram
sop idea
aide ops
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soda pie
Today’s quote
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
– William S. Burroughs
On this day
5 February 1914 – birth of William Seward Burroughs, otherwise known as William S. Burroughs or William Lee, Beat Generation author, painter, spoken word performer. The beat generation rose to prominence in the 1950s and experimented with innovation in art, style, rules and drugs. Burroughs work includes Junkie, Queer, and Naked Lunch. Burroughs died on 2 August 1997.
5 February 1922 – Readers Digest first published by DeWitt and Lila Wallace.
5 February 2009 – China tells Canada not to accept 17 Chinese Uyghur prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. The Uyghurs had applied for refugee status in Canada. They had been arrested in Afghanistan during the 2001 US invasion.