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acclivity en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈklɪv.ə.ti/

Etymology

First attested in 1614. From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

Meanings

1. A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
   • how gaily vineyards and olives alternately chequer the acclivities 1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian:
   • Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop. 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
   • she would walk […] as far as to the point where the acclivity from the valley began its first steep ascent to the outer world. 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles:

Forms

Translations (7)

pt aclividade (slope or inclination considered as "ascending") · sv sluttning (slope or inclination considered as "ascending") · bo རྒྱེན་གསེག (slope or inclination considered as "ascending") · fi nousu (slope or inclination considered as "ascending") · sv stigning (slope or inclination considered as "ascending") · fi ylämäki (slope or inclination considered as "ascending") · ki mwambato (slope or inclination considered as "ascending")