The Wonderful World Of Words 1/21/17
Today's word is "INSPISSATE".
DEFINITION:
Verb
- to thicken or congeal, often by way of boiling, absorption, or evaporation
ETYMOLOGY/ORIGIN:
1620-30;From Late Latin īnspissāre, īnspissāt-, to thicken : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin spissus, thick.
PRONUNCIATION:
[in-spis-eyt]
USAGE:
"This INSPISSATE substance is of a dark brown, rather resembling gum than resin, and readily soluble in water.
Karl Ritter von Scherzer
"This is done by adding gums, size, sugar, or such other bodies as tend to INSPISSATE and impart to the water a more clammy and thick consistence. "
The Handmaid To The Arts
by R. Dossie, 1758
SYNONYMS:
- thicken
ANTONYMS:
- thin; to thin
SCRABBLE SCORE
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