crassitude means thickness, coarseness. It carries an Arena rating of 1558, earned across 7 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, crassitude ranks #872 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,437 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #4,741 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #5,287 of 17,163 for Funniest Words.
Why “crassitude” is a great word
A profound density of mind or spirit, manifesting as gross insensitivity, obtuseness, or materialistic stupidity. From Middle English crassitude (c1420), from Latin crassitūdō, from crassus ("thick, dense, gross"). Unlike vulgarity, which emphasizes a superficial lack of refinement in manners, or obtuseness, which denotes a general slowness to understand, crassitude implies a foundational coarseness, an imperviousness to nuance born of a world-view paved entirely with concrete. It is the blare of a television during a funeral, the valuation of a masterpiece by its frame's weight in gold, the earnest suggestion that a starved poet simply eat cake—a thickness of soul that muffles the world's finer frequencies into a dull, transactional hum.
Etymology
From Middle English crassitude, from Latin crassitūdō.
noun
- thickness, coarseness.
- The state or quality of being crass.
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