crass
/kˈɹæs/KRAS
/kˈɹæs/KRAS
Meaningthick, dull
Common meaning: grossly stupid or insensitive
- crassthick, solid; dullLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 477 · scan
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√KART‘weave, plait’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 61, p. 732 · scan
- Latincrassus, -a, -um‘thick, solid’
- Englishmeaning shiftsthick, solid → grossly stupid or insensitivecrass‘grossly stupid or insensitive’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin crassus ‘thick, solid; dull’.
Roots
- crassus, -a, -um Latin “thick, solid; dull”
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