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thick

/θɪk/ noun

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In Latin: crassus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about thick at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. The location of something surrounded by other things.
    in the midst of the crowd

adjective

  1. Not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions.
    an inch thick
  2. Having component parts closely crowded together.
    a compact shopping center
  3. Relatively dense in consistency.
    thick cream

adverb

  1. With a thick consistency.
    the blood was flowing thick
  2. In quick succession.
    misfortunes come fast and thick

Origin

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”).

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