Etymology

spissitude

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Today it means: Density, thickness; the state or quality of being inspissated or thickened. Full definition →

Middle English spissitude ← Old French spissitude ← Latin spissitūdō
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  1. Latin · derived fromspissitūdō
  2. Old French · derived fromspissitude
  3. Middle English · inherited fromspissitude
  4. English todayspissitude

From Middle English spissitude, from Old French spissitude and Latin spissitūdō, from spissus (“thick”).

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