单词 | declivous |
释义 | declivousadj. a. Having a downward inclination; sloping, slanting. (Now rare except as in b.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > downwards devexc1420 declining1553 declined1591 declivy1609 declive1635 prone1655 declivous1684 pronate1703 coping1750 downgrade1858 declinous1864 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 141 Pus..may this way better run out, because of the more declivous site of the opening. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 173 On a ground declivous from the sun. 1786 W. Gilpin Cumberland in Observ. Picturesque Beauty (1808) I. xiv. 211 We left the Derwent in its declivous course between two mountains. 1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 251 This hurries along as the gap deepens, and becomes, at every step, more declivous. b. spec. in Zoology. Sloping downwards. ΚΠ 1847 Johnston in Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 228 Rostrum long, tapered, porrect, declivous. 1877 E. Coues Fur-bearing Animals iv. 99 Frontal profile..strongly declivous. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.1684 |
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