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单词 fastigiated
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fastigiatedadj.

Brit. /faˈstɪdʒɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /fæˈstɪdʒiˌeɪdᵻd/, /fəˈstɪdʒiˌeɪdᵻd/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin fastigiatus , -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin and scientific Latin fastigiatus fastigiate adj. + -ed suffix1. Compare later fastigiate adj., fastigiate v.
Rising or tapering towards a point or sharp ridge; shaped like a cone or pyramid, or a pitched roof. Now usually of a tree: having branches more or less upright and parallel to the trunk, typically resulting in a narrow tapering form (cf. fastigiate adj. 1c).
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > at the top
copped1460
mitreda1547
coppled1600
coped1611
fastigiated1647
cop-crowned1650
copped-crowned1650
copple-crowned1699
fastigiatea1705
tenting1818
tectiform1834
pedimented1875
pedimental1890
1647 H. More Philos. Poems Notes 381 Day will hang in the sky many thousand miles off from us, fastigiated into one conicall point.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. v. §4. 146 Hawks..noted for having a fastigiated or rising head.
a1697 J. Aubrey Nat. Hist. Wilts. (Bodl. MS Aubrey 2) f. 59 in J. Summerson Bk. Archit. John Thorpe (1966) 48 High fastigiated Turrets, the Fans whereof are the Crest of Danvers.
1886 Gardeners' Chron. 18 Sept. 363/1 Some plants will be found to be of spreading habit, while others will be found more or less fastigiated.
2013 Austral. Garden Hist. 25 4/2 A nod to the new lines in architecture came with the use of fastigiated conifers and poplars.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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