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declivitous, a.|dɪˈklɪvɪtəs|
[f. L. type *dēclīvitōs-us, f. dēclīvitās: see declivity and -ous: cf. acclivitous.]
Having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep.
1799R. Warner Walk (1800) 94 The approach to Culbone church is by a small foot-path, narrow, rugged and..declivitous. 1802Bray Jrnl. in Mrs. Bray Descr. Devon (1835) I. 237 The declivitous sides of this tor. 1882Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. 454 In descending the next declivitous hill. |