cloud-capt en · ADJ
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable, poetic) Capped with clouds
The entrance to Fonthill—that truly cloud-capt palace, so fantastic and so transitory—was by two stupendous doors, which seemed to defy the strength of giants.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter V, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 80:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cloudcapt | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cloud-capped | alternative | lexicographic |