1. An unpowered aircraft consisting of a large inflated envelope suspended above a wicker basket, and distinguished by a silhouette that is widest at its middle, widest at its sides, and widest at its back. The envelope is the vehicle. The rest is administrative.
2.colloq. Wide from every angle and rising anyway. She ascends at her own pace, and her circumference is not a limitation but a specification.
In a sentence:
"The thiccc hot air balloon drifted over the Napa Valley at dawn, its envelope catching the raking light like a cathedral that had decided to float. The vineyards below simply adjusted their expectations."
Etymology:
From French ballon, augmentative of balle (ball), from Old Italian palla, of Germanic origin. First practical manned flight achieved by the Montgolfier brothers, Annonay, France, 1783. They built a bag, filled it with hot air, and sent it into the sky. The fact that it is shaped exactly like what it is called has never stopped being correct.
The example sentence contains the phrase 'cathedral that had decided to float.' This is not a measurement. The envelope profile clears the threshold. Admitted.
Yes. Hot Air Balloon was admitted to the Thiccctionary on April 13, 2026 and filed in the Vehicles & Transport section. The ruling on file: Admitted under protest. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.
What makes a hot air balloon thiccc?
Wide from every angle and rising anyway. She ascends at her own pace, and her circumference is not a limitation but a specification.
Is "thiccc" spelled with three c's?
Yes. The Thiccctionary house spelling uses three c's, distinguishing the editorial register from the colloquial "thicc" (two c's) and standard "thick" (one c).
