| 单词 | crassitude |
| 释义 | crassitude|ˈkræsɪtjuːd|
[ad. L. crassitūdo, f. crassus crass a.]
†1. Thickness (of dimension). Obs.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 429 Of the clave Is best an handful greet in crassitude..And cubital let make her longitude. 1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 93/1 Spreade this foresayed on that peece of cloth, the crassitude of the back of a knife. 1626Bacon Sylva §222 Try also the difference in Sound of several Crassitudes of Hard bodies percussed. 1630T. Westcote Devon. (1845) 90 A stone..not five feet in length and much less in crassitude. 1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 60 The Longitude, Latitude, and Crassitude of Ground-plates.
†b. Solid content, volume. Obs. rare.
1571Digges Pantom. iii. i. Q j, Multiplye the length with the bredth, and the Product in the thicknesse, so haue ye the Content or Crassitude.
†2. Thickness (of consistency): density; coarseness (of physical constitution). Obs.
1613R. C. Table Alph. (ed. 3), Crassitude, fa[t]nes or thicknesse. 1626Bacon Sylva §773 The Dead Sea..is of that Crassitude, as Living Bodies.. cast into it, have been born up, and not sunk. 1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 189 A mere Vacuum..no crassitude any where. 1822Good Study of Med. (1834) IV. 464 A..case..in which the same crassitude was found in the skin of an infant.
3. The state or quality of being crass:
a. Coarseness, grossness (of ignorance, etc.);
b. Gross ignorance or stupidity, excessive dullness of intellect, obtuseness, ‘density’; an instance of this.
1679G. R. tr. Boyatuau's Theat. World ii. 318 The Crasitude of Apprehension of our Senses. 1824Landor Imag. Conv. xvii. Wks. 1846 I. 108 Bonaparte, in the crassitude of his ignorance. 1865Dublin Univ. Mag. II. 32 They..are not panic stricken by..Colenso's crassitudes. 1871M. Collins Mrq. & Merch. II. x. 292 Amy, not being afflicted with crassitude, soon did her work admirably. |
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