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Thursday, July 10, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: INSPISSATE




 SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:   INSPISSATE

 

 


PRONUNCIATION:
(in-SPIS-ayt)


MEANING: (verb) tr., intr.: To thicken or condense.

ETYMOLOGY: From
Latin inspissare (to thicken), from spissus (thick). Earliest documented use: 1603.

USAGE: "These are flavors that have been inspissating in some timeless tandoor for hours, days -- decades."
Brad Leithauser; And an Outpost on Rodeo Drive; The New York Times; Mar 5, 1995.
 

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