thickset

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a short, broad, solid, or heavy body build

   The thickset wrestler moved with surprising speed.

2. 2
   adj

   growing, placed, or packed closely and densely together

   Thickset dark hairs covered the inflamed patch of skin.

A compound of thick + set. Its older spatial sense describes things set closely together; the body-build sense compares a compact, solid frame to dense arrangement.

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