1. A pome fruit of the species Cydonia oblonga, notable for its stubborn refusal to ripen into anything graceful: lumpen, asymmetric, and built with a bottom-heavy confidence that no apple or pear has earned. Hangs from the branch with the settled authority of something that knows exactly how much it weighs.
2.colloq. Produce that skipped the svelte phase entirely and went straight to weight. The rear half does most of the talking, and the branch takes the note.
In a sentence:
"The three quinces hanging off the back of that branch at the orchard in Modena were so thiccc the whole limb had taken on a permanent lean. The fruit inspector just stood there with his clipboard and said nothing."
Etymology:
From Middle English quince (plural of quyn), from Old French cooin, from Latin cotoneum malum, from Greek Kydōnion melon, meaning 'apple of Kydonia,' a city in ancient Crete. The Greeks named a fruit after a city. The fruit responded by becoming the most aggressively shaped thing in the orchard.
Yes. Quince was admitted to the Thiccctionary on August 20, 2026 and filed in the Produce & Botanical section. The ruling on file: Admitted, with a footnote. Every subject in the catalogue is judged on its curves, not its size.
What makes a quince thiccc?
Produce that skipped the svelte phase entirely and went straight to weight. The rear half does most of the talking, and the branch takes the note.
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).
