thinness
Meanings
Plural: thinnesses
Noun
- relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width
- "the thinness of a rope"
- the property of having little body fat
- the property of being very narrow or thin
- the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
- a consistency of low viscosity
- "he disliked the thinness of the soup"
- The state or quality of being thin.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.
Synonyms
fineness, leanness, slenderness, spareness, sparseness, sparsity, tenuity
Scrabble Score: 11
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