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spissatus

American  
[spi-sey-tuhs] / spɪˈseɪ təs /

adjective

Meteorology.
  1. (of a cloud) dense enough to obscure the sun.


Etymology

Origin of spissatus

From New Latin spissātus, past participle of spissāre “to thicken, pack tightly”; see -ate 1

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Fit et caligo, bellu� similis nubes dira navigantibus vocatur et columna, cum spissatus humor rigensque ipse se sustinet, et in longam veluti fistulam nubes aquam trahit.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

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