inspissate
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prettygoodwordinspissate (IN-spuh-sayt) - v.t., to thicken, esp. by boiling or evaporation; v.i., to thicken, become viscous.
What you do to soups. (NB: do not piss in soups.) Borrowed in the 1620s from the past participle of Late Latin īnspissāre, to thicken, from in-, a causative prefix + spissus, slow, dense, thick + verbalizer.
---L.
What you do to soups. (NB: do not piss in soups.) Borrowed in the 1620s from the past participle of Late Latin īnspissāre, to thicken, from in-, a causative prefix + spissus, slow, dense, thick + verbalizer.
---L.
