thickset

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thickset

/ˈθɪkˌsɛt/

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From thick + set.

adjective more thickset · most thickset · thick-set

Having a relatively short, heavy build. a thickset, muscular figure
Similar: big-boned, stocky, stout, bulbous, corpulent, curvy, Daniel Lambertish, eurysome, famine resistant, gravitationally challenged, horizontally challenged, obese · Opposite: sleek, slender, slim, svelte, willowy
Densely crowded together; made up of things that are densely crowded together; closely planted. a thickset wood
Similar: dense, thick · Opposite: sparse, thin
Densely covered (with something). a gully thickset with brambles

noun thicksets · thick-set

countable, obsolete A thick hedge. 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (as Pisistratus Caxton), What Will He Do with It? Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Volume 4, Book 11, Chapter 7, p. 294, Had Darrell been placed amidst the circumstances that make happy the homes of earnest men, Darrell would have been mirthful; had Waife been placed amongst t
historical, uncountable A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. 1812, George Crabbe, Tales, London: J. Hatchard, Tale 4, “Procrastination,” p. 73, When he, with thickset coat of Badge-man’s blue, Moves near her shaded silk of changeful hue;
countable, historical A piece of clothing made from this fabric. […] his coat was originally what is called a thickset, but out at the elbows;

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adj having a short heavy build or stature

Deutsch	untersetzt, dicht
Italiano	tozzo

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@misc{thickset_2026,
  title = {thickset},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thickset},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}