# thinness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #60,514

## Definitions
1. The state or quality of being thin.

## Etymology
From Middle English thynnesse, from Old English þynnes (“thinness, slightness of density, lack of density, tenuity, fluidity, poverty, feebleness of sight, weakness”), equivalent to thin + -ness.

## Source
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