different between spissitude vs inspissate

English

Etymology

From Middle English spissitude, from Old French spissitude and Latin spissit?d?, from spissus (“thick”).

Noun

spissitude (countable and uncountable, plural spissitudes)

1. (of liquids) Density, thickness; the state or quality of being inspissated or thickened.
2. Spiritual substance or density, viewed as the fourth dimension of an object.

Related terms

• inspissate
• inspissated

English

Etymology

Formed from Late Latin inspiss?tus (“thickened, having been made thick or thicker”), the perfect passive participle of inspiss?re (“to thicken”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sp?.se?t/

Verb

inspissate (third-person singular simple present inspissates, present participle inspissating, simple past and past participle inspissated)

1. (transitive) To thicken, especially by boiling, evaporation, or condensation; condense.
2. (intransitive) To become viscous.

Synonyms

• (to thicken): reduce; see also Thesaurus:thicken

Related terms

• inspissation
• inspissator
• inspissant
• spissated
• spissitude

Anagrams

• antisepsis