Pronounced: sven-GAH-lee, noun
Notes: I thought this was a country (it’s not)
Yesterday’s word
The word inspissate means “to thicken or condense”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1600s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Latin word inspissare (to thicken), which came from spissus (thick). I assume one could use this of soup or perhaps paint. But it is new to me.
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