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thinness

The English word “thinness” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  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.

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