gruesso

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin grossus (“thick, large”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɾweso/

Adjective

gruesso (feminine singular gruessa, masculine plural gruessos, feminine plural gruessas)

1. thick, large
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 47r:

     é golias era armado ſobre ſo cauallo eſt philiſteo auie de alto .vj. cobdos eun palmo. e auia el ẏelmo de azero. ela loriga peſaua .v. mil libras. e el aſta de ſue mano era tan grueſſa cuemo el enſullo del texedor el fierro peſaua .dc. peſas.

     And Goliath was armed on his horse. This Philistine was six cubits and a span in height, and he had a bronze helmet, and his coat of mail weighed five thousand shekels, and the shaft in his hand was as thick as a weaver's beam; the iron [point] weighed six hundred shekels.

Derived terms

• grossura

Descendants

• Spanish: grueso