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χοντρός

Pronunciation: /xonˈdɾos/

“χοντρός” is a Greek word. Its 6 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. fat, obese, stout, corpulent, heavy (carrying more fat than usual on one's body)
  2. thick, heavy (relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite)
  3. heavy, serious (important, weighty)
  4. low, heavy
  5. coarse (consisting of big pieces or granules)
  6. coarse, unrefined, crass (lacking refinement, taste or delicacy)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χονδρός (khondrós, “coarse, granular”), with spelling -ντ- (-nt-) to reflect the preservation of the pronunciation as /-nd-/ rather than /-νð-/, as well as semantic shift "coarse" > "thick" > "fat", as attested in later usages in Ancient Greek.

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