spiss

See also: Spiss

English

Etymology

From Latin spissus.

Adjective

spiss (comparative more spiss, superlative most spiss)

1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian spissu (“often”, literally “thickly”), from Latin spissus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɪs/

Adverb

spiss

1. often, frequently

   Synonyms: ħafna drabi, wisq drabi, sikwit

   Antonyms: rari, rarament

   • 2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:

     Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
     Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
     Fil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.

     Last night I had a dream.
     A pleasant dream, but strange.
     Actually, it's a recurring dream.

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

spiss (neuter singular spisst, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissere, indefinite superlative spissest, definite superlative spisseste)

1. sharp
2. pointed
3. acute (angle)

Noun

spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spisser, definite plural spissene)

1. a point (the sharp tip of an object)
2. a tip (pointed end)
3. (football (soccer)) a forward or striker

Synonyms

• angriper (football)
• angrepsspiller (football)

Derived terms

• pilspiss

Verb

spiss

1. imperative of spisse

References

• “spiss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

spiss (neuter singular spist, definite singular and plural spisse, comparative spissare, indefinite superlative spissast, definite superlative spissaste)

1. sharp
2. pointed
3. acute (angle)

Derived terms

• nordspisskval
• spissmus

Noun

spiss m (definite singular spissen, indefinite plural spissar, definite plural spissane)

1. a point (the sharp tip of an object)
2. a tip (pointed end)

Derived terms

• pilspiss

References

• “spiss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.