spiss

From Latin spissus.

spiss (comparative more spiss, superlative most spiss)

1. (obsolete) thick, compact, dense, or crowded
   • 1614, Edward Brerewood, (Please provide the book title or journal name):

     this spisse and […] copious, yet concise, treatise

• “spiss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Borrowed from Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”), from Latin spissus.

• IPA^(key): /spɪs/

spiss

1. often, frequently

   Synonyms: ħafna drabi, wisq drabi, sikwit

   Antonyms: rari, rarament

   • 2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:

     Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
     Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
     Fil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.

     Last night I had a dream.
     A pleasant dream, but strange.
     Actually, it's a recurring dream.

spiss (neuter singular spisst, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissere, indefinite superlative spissest, definite superlative spisseste)

1. sharp
2. pointed
3. acute (angle)

spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spisser, definite plural spissene)

1. a point (the sharp tip of an object)
2. a tip (pointed end)
3. (football (soccer)) a forward or striker

• angriper (football)
• angrepsspiller (football)

• pilspiss

spiss

1. imperative of spisse

• “spiss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

spiss (neuter singular spist, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissare, indefinite superlative spissast, definite superlative spissaste)

1. sharp
2. pointed
3. acute (angle)

• nordspisskval
• spissmus

spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spissar, definite plural spissane)

1. a point (the sharp tip of an object)
2. a tip (pointed end)

• pilspiss

• “spiss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.