crassitude

[ kras-i-tood, -tyood ]

/ ˈkræs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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noun

gross ignorance or stupidity.

thickness; grossness.

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Origin of crassitude

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

What then is this Crassitude of the water, with which it resisteth Division?
Discourse on Floating Bodies|Galileo Galilei
But such is the crassitude of your malignity that after this we hardly dare expect you.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1|William James