cliffedadj.

Brit.

/klɪft/, U.S.

/klɪft/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cliff n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < cliff n. + -ed suffix². Compare later cliff v.

Having, or characterized by the presence of, a cliff or cliffs. Also: situated on a cliff. Frequently with modifying word or as the second element in compounds, as high-cliffed, steeply cliffed, white-cliffed.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective]

cliffyOE

scarrya1382

clivy1587

cliffed1589

clifty1589

cleevy1612

bluff1694

bold1810

rock-faced1840

bluffy1872

1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. (new ed.) Map of Saint Iago. sig. Cij^v The hils being cliffed on bothe sides of the said valley.

1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 600 This Isle is inuincible by nature, high cliffed round about.

1754 Scots Mag. Nov. 537/1 At length the white-cliff'd isle she found, Where floating sorts the soil surrounds.

1780 E. B. Greene tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautic Exped. II. iv. 159 The snow-cliff'd Scylla rears her tow'ring force.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xix. 149 The ice-plain..jutting out in capes from the cliffed shore.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Songs Springtides 242 That steep strait of rock whose twin-cliffed height Links crag with crag.

1903 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 11 646 Tyrrell notes that the sides are deep and in places cliffed.

1955 P. Henderson Unwilling Pilgrim 27 They were trapped Between sea and cliffed forest.

2001 Canad. Geographic May 72/1 Among its holdings is..dramatic Camelot Island, with its steeply cliffed shoreline and heavily forested interior.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cliffed
释义	cliffedadj. Brit. /klɪft/, U.S. /klɪft/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cliff n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < cliff n. + -ed suffix². Compare later cliff v. Having, or characterized by the presence of, a cliff or cliffs. Also: situated on a cliff. Frequently with modifying word or as the second element in compounds, as high-cliffed, steeply cliffed, white-cliffed. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > cliff > [adjective] cliffyOE scarrya1382 clivy1587 cliffed1589 clifty1589 cleevy1612 bluff1694 bold1810 rock-faced1840 bluffy1872 1589 Summarie Drakes W. Indian Voy. (new ed.) Map of Saint Iago. sig. Cij^v The hils being cliffed on bothe sides of the said valley. 1600 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 600 This Isle is inuincible by nature, high cliffed round about. 1754 Scots Mag. Nov. 537/1 At length the white-cliff'd isle she found, Where floating sorts the soil surrounds. 1780 E. B. Greene tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautic Exped. II. iv. 159 The snow-cliff'd Scylla rears her tow'ring force. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xix. 149 The ice-plain..jutting out in capes from the cliffed shore. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Songs Springtides 242 That steep strait of rock whose twin-cliffed height Links crag with crag. 1903 Jrnl. Geol. (Chicago) 11 646 Tyrrell notes that the sides are deep and in places cliffed. 1955 P. Henderson Unwilling Pilgrim 27 They were trapped Between sea and cliffed forest. 2001 Canad. Geographic May 72/1 Among its holdings is..dramatic Camelot Island, with its steeply cliffed shoreline and heavily forested interior. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1589
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