Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Density, thickness; the state or quality of being inspissated or thickened.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Spiritual substance or density, viewed as the fourth dimension of an object.

Origin

From Middle English spissitude, from Old French spissitude and Latin spissitūdō, from spis

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

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Forms

plural: spissitudes
Singularspissitude
Pluralspissitudes

regular

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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