inspissate

PRONUNCIATION:
(in-SPIS-ayt)

MEANING:
verb tr., intr.: To thicken or condense.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin inspissare (to thicken), from spissus (thick). Earliest documented use: 1603.

USAGE:
"These are flavors that have been inspissating in some timeless tandoor for hours, days -- decades."
Brad Leithauser; And an Outpost on Rodeo Drive; The New York Times; Mar 5, 1995.

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GINSPISSATE - an alcoholic drink that makes you go and then you feel hungry.


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