a. [ad. Fr. adipeux -euse (16th c.).] Abounding in or characterized by fat; fat; fatty. (Less technical than ADIPOSE.)
1667. Oldenburg, in Phil. Trans., II. 553. Many Vessels, which may be call’d Adipous or Fatty.
1721. Bailey, Adipous, Full of fat, greasy. [Also in Ash, 1775; Webster, etc.]
