crassitude

[ kras-i-tood, -tyood ]

noun

1. gross ignorance or stupidity.
2. thickness; grossness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crassitude¹

1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin crassitūdō thickness. See crass, -i-, -tude

Example Sentences

What then is this Crassitude of the water, with which it resisteth Division?

From Project Gutenberg

But such is the crassitude of your malignity that after this we hardly dare expect you.

From Project Gutenberg

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