thinness

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thinness

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From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.

noun thinnesses

uncountable, usually The state or quality of being thin. The beautiful prismatic colours seen on the Labrodore stone are owing to a similar cause, viz. the thinness of the laminæ of which it consists […].

Opposite: thickness, fatness

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noun

Opposite: thickness, fatness

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noun the state of being thin

Español	delgadez, flaqueza, flacura
हिन्दी	पतलापन patlāpan, दुबलापन dublāpan
Português	fineza, magreza, delgadeza
Français	finesse
Deutsch	Dünnheit
Русский	то́нкость tónkostʹ
العربية	رِقَّة riqqa

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@misc{thinness_2026,
  title = {thinness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thinness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}