spiss
English
Etymology
Adjective
spiss (comparative more spiss, superlative most spiss)
- (obsolete) thick; compact; dense; crowded
- 1614, Edward Brerewood
- this spisse and […] copious, yet concise, treatise
- 1614, Edward Brerewood
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “spiss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Maltese
Etymology
From Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”), from Latin spissus.
Pronunciation
Adverb
spiss
- often, frequently
- Synonyms: ħafna drabi, wisq drabi, sikwit
- Antonyms: rari, rarament
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
spiss (neuter singular spisst, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissere, indefinite superlative spissest, definite superlative spisseste)
Noun
spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spisser, definite plural spissene)
Synonyms
- angriper (football)
- angrepsspiller (football)
Derived terms
Verb
spiss
- imperative of spisse
References
- “spiss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
spiss (neuter singular spist, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissare, indefinite superlative spissast, definite superlative spissaste)
Derived terms
Noun
spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spissar, definite plural spissane)
Derived terms
References
- “spiss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- English terms derived from Latin
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian
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- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese 1-syllable words
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- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese adverbs
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
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- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
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- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
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- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns