crassituden.
/ˈkrasɪtjuːd/ a. Thickness (of dimension). Obsolete.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > [noun] > great thickness
thicknessc1000
greatnessOE
greatc1175
crassitudec1420
crassity1656
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 429 Of the clave Is best an handful greet in crassitude..And cubital let make her longitude.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 93/1 Spreade this foresayed on that peece of cloth, the crassitude of the back of a knife.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §222 Try also the difference in Sound of several Crassitudes of Hard bodies percussed.
a1636 T. Westcote View Devonshire 1630 (1845) 90 A stone..not five feet in length and much less in crassitude.
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 60 The Longitude, Latitude, and Crassitude of Ground-plates.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun] > a) dimension(s) > property of having three dimensions > volume
bulkc1449
birth1553
capacity?a1560
crassitude?a1560
solidity1570
content1612
bouka1689
volume1794
cubage1840
?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) iii. i. sig. Q j Multiplye the length with the bredth, and the Product in the thicknesse, so haue ye the content or Crassitude.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [noun]
fastness?a1200
spissitudec1440
solidiousness1495
grossness1527
massiveness1530
substantialness1530
substantiality1535
crassness1545
massiness1559
stiffness1577
spissness1598
solidness1600
density1603
solidity1603
crassitude1604
condensity1611
thightness1615
compactedness1644
compactness1646
body1647
crassities1659
denseness1669
tightnessa1728
corporeity1750
substantiability1816
1604 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. Crassitude, fatnesse or thicknesse.
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §773 The Dead Sea..is of that Crassitude, as Living Bodies.. cast into it, have been born up, and not sunk.
1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 189 A mere Vacuum..no crassitude any where.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 464 A..case..in which the same crassitude was found in the skin of an infant.
3. The state or quality of being crass:
a. Coarseness, grossness (of ignorance, etc.).
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > imperfect perception > [noun]
thesterc897
blindness971
obscurationa1550
twilight1610
ablepsy1616
obcaecationa1631
mind-blindness1649
blear-eyedness1653
short-sightedness1670
blearedness1678
crassitude1679
myopia1801
purblindness1834
bat-mindedness1869
myopism1880
short sighta1888
1679 G. Rose tr. P. Boaistuau Theatre of World ii. 318 The Crasitude of Apprehension of our Senses.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 108/2 Bonaparte, in the crassitude of his ignorance.
b. Gross ignorance or stupidity, excessive dullness of intellect, obtuseness, ‘density’; an instance of this.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun]
hardnessOE
stuntnessc1000
sotshipc1050
witlessnessa1100
sotheada1200
dullness1398
bluntness1483
slowness1495
grossnessa1530
stupidity?1541
assishness?1548
dastardness1552
lourderie1555
dastardliness1556
blockishness1561
doltishness1569
sottage1569
sheepishness1574
doltry1581
sottishness1589
doltage1593
dorbellism1593
grout-headry1600
opacity1611
duncery1615
dunstery1615
stupidness1619
hebetude1621
insulsity1623
unintelligence1634
obtuseness1648
jobbernowlism1652
dullery1653
non-intelligence1653
blockheadishness1656
crassness1664
blockheadedness1716
stolidness1727
blockheadism1753
numbskullity1779
nincompoophood1791
duncishness1805
numbskullism1806
foziness1821
noodledum1821
obtusity1823
soft-headedness1823
noodledom1827
duncehood1829
dunderheadedness1830
sumphishness1830
asininity1831
dunderheadism1836
stockishness1837
dullardness1840
fat-headedness1840
stupor1845
duncedom1847
misintelligence1848
nincompoopery1850
wooden-headedness1850
dumminess1852
jolterheadedness1852
ninnyship1852
donkeyism1855
dumbness1860
beef-wittedness1863
crassitude1865
donkeyhood1869
slow-wittedness1869
chuckle-headedness1880
leatherheadedness1880
pinheadedness1884
numbskulledness1885
donkeydom1889
thickheadedness1889
density1894
moronism1922
nitwittedness1931
nitwittery1931
noodleness1931
dopiness1942
squirrel-headedness1955
nincompoopism1957
dim-wittedness1960
clottishness1961
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > stupid deed, thought, etc.
sotheada1200
dotage1528
stupidity1594
sottery1598
dote1643
sottise1673
idiocy1822
jobbernowlism1824
noodledom1827
noodleism1829
crassitude1865
1865 Dublin Univ. Mag. 66 32/1 They..are not panicstricken by..Colenso's crassitudes.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. x. 292 Amy, not being afflicted with crassitude, soon did her work admirably.
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