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crassitude

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cras⋅si⋅tude

  [kras-i-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
1. gross ignorance or stupidity.
2. thickness; grossness.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME (< MF) < L crassitūdō thickness. See crass, -i-, -tude
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crass   (krās)   
adj.   crass·er, crass·est
So crude and unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility.

[Latin crassus, dense.]
crass'i·tude' (-ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd'), crass'ness n., crass'ly adv.
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