adjective denser, densest
- having the parts crowded together; packed tightly together; compact
- difficult to get through, penetrate, etc.: a dense fog, dense ignorance
- slow to understand; stupid
- Photog. opaque due to a heavy concentration of metallic silver: said of an overexposed or overdeveloped negative
Origin:
ME < L densus, compact < IE base *dens-, thick > Gr dasys, thick (used of hair), Hittite dassuš, strong