spiss

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin spissus.

Adjective

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spiss (comparative more spiss, superlative most spiss)

  1. (obsolete) thick; compact; dense; crowded
    • 1614, Edward Brerewood, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      this spisse and [] copious, yet concise, treatise

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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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.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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

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

Noun

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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

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Verb

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spiss

  1. imperative of spisse

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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

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

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Noun

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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)

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