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épais

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French

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Middle French espés, from Old French espés, from Latin spissus, from Proto-Indo-European *spidtos.

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    Adjective

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    épais (feminine épaisse, masculine plural épais, feminine plural épaisses)

    1. thick
      Synonym: gros
      un livre épais ― a thick book
      des cheveux épais ― thick hair
      une épaisse fumée ― a thick smoke
    2. (literary or Quebec, informal) stupid, thick
      Synonyms: stupide, lent, imbécile
      • 1734, Montesquieu, Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence:
        Les Béotiens, les plus épais de tous les Grecs, prenaient le moins de part qu’ils pouvaient aux affaires générales.
        The Boeotians, the dullest of all the Greeks, took the least part they could in general affairs.

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    • Haitian Creole: epè

    Adverb

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    épais

    1. thickly; densely

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