Added 10 October 2026
thinness
noun
In Latin: macritūdō, gracilitās Wiktionary
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Origin
From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.
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