grueso

/ˈɡɾweso/ · B2 · adj

thick, fat

📏 sounds like GROW-so: things that grow so much become thick and bulky

Grueso comes from Latin grossus, the same root as English gross (as in gross weight) and grocer, a seller in bulk. Link grueso to that idea of bulk: thick, wide, and the main bulk or majority of something.

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