EpicentRx Word of the Week (WOW): Crassulent

Nov 25, 2024

“The definition of crassulent is elementary.”

Crassulent

Definition (adjective): grotesquely obese “People, in case you haven’t noticed, are a crassulent, beef-witted lot.” Sherlock Holmes, Elementary

Pronunciation: kras-u-lehnt

Origin: From Latin “crassus” = thick, dense, fat + “-ulent” = suffix meaning “full of.”