thick

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having a large distance between opposite surfaces; not thin.

   She cut a thick slice of bread.

2. 2
   adj

   Thick in consistency; not flowing easily.

   Stir the sauce until it becomes thick and creamy.

3. 3
   adj

   Growing or packed closely together; dense.

   They walked through the thick forest for hours.

4. 4
   adj

   Slow to understand; not very intelligent.

   Sometimes I feel a bit thick when it comes to maths.

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Simplified etymology

Thick is an Old English word of Germanic origin. Its “slow-witted” or “stupid” sense dates from the late 16th century. Its mid-18th-century sense “very friendly,” found in thick as thieves, comes from the sense “very close together” or “tightly packed.”

From Middle English thikke, from Old English þicce (“thick, dense”), from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī, from Proto-Germanic *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-European *tégus (“thick”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian sjok, tjok, tjuk, tschok (“thick”), Saterland Frisian tjuk (“thick”), West Frisian dik, tuuk (“thick”), Central Franconian deck (“thick”), Cimbrian dikh, dikhe (“thick”), Dutch dik (“thick”), German dick (“thick”), Luxembourgish déck (“thick”), Yiddish דיק (dik, “thick”), Danish tyk (“thick”), Elfdalian tiokk (“thick”), Faroese tjúkkur (“thick”), Icelandic þykkur (“thick”), Nor…

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