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spiss

spiss adjective: thick, compact, dense, or crowded.

Adjective

spiss (comparative more spiss, superlative most spiss)

  1. (obsolete) thick, compact, dense, or crowded
    • this spisse and […] copious, yet concise, treatise1614, Edward Brerewood, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of spiss

comparativemore spiss
superlativemost spiss

Origin of spiss

From Latin spissus.

Questions about spiss

What does spiss mean?
Spiss means thick, compact, dense, or crowded.
What part of speech is spiss?
Spiss is an adjective.

Words near spiss in the dictionary

  1. spirytuall
  2. spirytus
  3. SPIs
  4. Spisak
  5. Spisaks
  6. spiss
  7. spissated
  8. spissati
  9. spissatus
  10. spissitude
  11. spissitudes

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