crassitude

[ kras-i-tood, -tyood ]

/ ˈkræs ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /

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noun

gross ignorance or stupidity.

thickness; grossness.

RELATED WORDS

diameter, layer, sheet, density, width, consistency, dimension, girth, consistence, ply, grossness, compactness, stratum, intimacy

Nearby words

crashing, crashproof, crashworthiness, crasis, crass, crassitude, crassulacean acid metabolism, crassulaceous, crassus, cratch, crate

Origin of crassitude

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

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Examples from the Web for crassitude

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