crassitude

 [kras-i-tood, -tyood]  

cras·si·tude

   [kras-i-tood, -tyood]
noun
1.
gross ignorance or stupidity.
2.
thickness; grossness.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin crassitūdō thickness. See crass, -i-, -tude
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crass (kræs)
 
—adj
stupid; gross
 
[C16: from Latin crassus thick, dense, gross]
 
'crassly
 
—adv
 
'crassness
 
—n
 
'crassitude
 
—n

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