thickset

== English == === Alternative forms === thick-set === Etymology === From thick +‎ set. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθɪkˌsɛt/ === Adjective === thickset (comparative more thickset, superlative most thickset) Having a relatively short, heavy build. Synonyms: big-boned, stocky, stout; see also Thesaurus:obese Antonyms: sleek, slender, slim, svelte, willowy Densely crowded together; made up of things that are densely crowded together; closely planted. Synonyms: dense, thick Antonyms: sparse, thin 1581, Thomas Newton (translator), Thebais in Seneca His Tenne Tragedies, London: Thomas Marsh, Act 2, p. 48,[5] […] let me be allowde To lurke behinde this Craggy Rocke, or els my selfe to hyde On backside of some thickset hedge: 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, London: M. Lownes et al., Song 1, p. 11,[6] […] Corineus ran With slaughter through the thick-set squadrons of the foes; Densely covered (with something). 1583, John Foxe, Acts and Monuments, London: John Day, Book 4, “The tragicall historie of Gregorie the vij. otherwise named Hildebrand,” p. 177,[11] […] in a vessell being thick set with sharpe nayles, he tormented him to the poynt of death: ==== Translations ==== === Noun === thickset (countable and uncountable, plural thicksets) (countable, obsolete) A thick hedge. 1858, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (as Pisistratus Caxton), What Will He Do with It? Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Volume 4, Book 11, Chapter 7, p. 294,[15] Had Darrell been placed amidst the circumstances that make happy the homes of earnest men, Darrell would have been mirthful; had Waife been placed amongst the circumstances that concentrate talent, and hedge round life with trained thicksets and belting laurels, Waife would have been grave. (uncountable, historical) A stout, twilled cotton cloth; a fustian corduroy, or velveteen. 1812, George Crabbe, Tales, London: J. Hatchard, Tale 4, “Procrastination,” p. 73,[16] When he, with thickset coat of Badge-man’s blue, Moves near her shaded silk of changeful hue; 1829, anonymous contributor, “A Day at Fontainebleau.—The Royal Hunt,” The Monthly Magazine, New Series, Volume 7, No. 37, January 1829, p. 12,[17] His breeches were of the homeliest thickset; (countable, historical) A piece of clothing made from this fabric. === References === === Anagrams === sticketh, thickest, thickets