Middle English Dictionary Entry
spissitūde n.
Entry Info
| Forms | spissitūde n. |
| Etymology | L spissitūdo; also cp. OF spissitude (FEW 12.198). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Thickness, density.
Associated quotations
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)12.479 : That oil is best that flowith out allone; With walkers cley is salt so doon therto, The spissitude [L spissitudinem] of hit to ha fordone.