单词 | fastigiated |
释义 | fastigiatedadj. 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1647 |
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