spiss
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
spiss (comparative more spiss, superlative most spiss)
- (obsolete) thick; compact; dense; crowded
- 1614, Edward Brerewood, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- this spisse and […] copious, yet concise, treatise
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “spiss”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”), from Latin spissus.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
spiss
- often, frequently
- Synonyms: ħafna drabi, wisq drabi, sikwit
- Antonyms: rari, rarament
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Adjective edit
spiss (neuter singular spisst, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissere, indefinite superlative spissest, definite superlative spisseste)
Noun edit
spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spisser, definite plural spissene)
Synonyms edit
- angriper (football)
- angrepsspiller (football)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
spiss
- imperative of spisse
References edit
- “spiss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Adjective edit
spiss (neuter singular spist, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissare, indefinite superlative spissast, definite superlative spissaste)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spissar, definite plural spissane)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “spiss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.