crassitude

crassitude
noun Date: 1679 the quality or state of being crass ; grossness; also an instance of grossness

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  • Crassitude — Cras si*tude ( t?d), n. [L. crassitudo.] Grossness; coarseness; thickness; density. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crassitude — s. f. Crassidade …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • crassitude — (entrée créée par le supplément) (kra ssi tu d ) s. f. Latinisme. Épaisseur. •   La crassitude des paupières, MALH. Lexique, éd. L. Lalanne.. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. crassitudinem, épaisseur …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • crassitude — /kras i toohd , tyoohd /, n. 1. gross ignorance or stupidity. 2. thickness; grossness. [1400 50; late ME ( < MF) < L crassitudo thickness. See CRASS, I , TUDE] * * * …   Universalium

  • crassitude — n. crassness, rudeness, lack of manners …   English contemporary dictionary

  • crassitude — cras·si·tude …   English syllables

  • crassitude — cras•si•tude [[t]ˈkræs ɪˌtud, ˌtyud[/t]] n. grossness; crassness • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME (< MF) < L crassitūdō thickness. See crass, i , tude …   From formal English to slang

  • crassitude —   n. coarseness; grossness …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • crassitude — noun the quality of being crass devoid of refinement • Syn: ↑crassness • Derivationally related forms: ↑crass (for: ↑crassness) • Hypernyms: ↑insensitivity, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • List of Latin words with English derivatives — This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English (and other modern languages). Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article both… …   Wikipedia

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