Meaning of inspissated | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Thickened or dried by evaporation.
2. Concentrated or accentuated.
   figuratively

Examples

“Fresh from the furnace glare, I can see⟳ nothing in this inspissated gloom. (James Bridie pseudonym Osborne Henry Mavor, A Change⟳ for the Worse, 1943)”

“I watched the right hon. Gentleman's face⟳ as his predecessor spoke this afternoon and I have⟳ never seen such inspissated gloom etched on a human visage in my life. When the right hon. Member for Finchley (Mrs. Thatcher) said that she planned to support⟳ him in the next election, he must have⟳ been reminded of Lenin's promise⟳ to support⟳ the social democrats as the rope supports the hanged man. (Denis Healey, speaking in the UK House of Commons, 26 June 1991)”

“As for the Great Reform⟳ Bill itself, his gloom was inspissatedː "I cannot see⟳ what is to save⟳ Church, or property, or colonies, or union with Ireland, or eventually monarchy, if the Reform⟳ Bill passes." (Ferdinand Mount⟳, Times Literary Supplement 21 August 2015 page 4, referring to the Duke of Wellington)”

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