thicket

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a dense growth of bushes

Etymology

From Middle English *thikket, from Old English þiccet, from þicce (“thick”) + Old English nominal suffix -et. Compare similar German Dickicht (“thicket”), which is first attested in the 17th century, however. Compare typologically Bulgarian гъстак (gǎstak), Macedonian густеж (gustež), Czech houští, Polish gęstwina (< Proto-Slavic *gǫstъ); Latin dūmus (akin to dense).

In classic literature

Synonyms

brush, brushwood, coppice, copse

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