salebrousadj.
/ˈsalɪbrəs/ Rough, rugged. Also figurative.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective]
unevenc1275
rudea1393
craggeda1400
knaggedc1430
raggedc1450
raggy1483
cocklya1529
rugged1528
knaggy1552
unlevel?a1560
craggy1568
scraggy1574
balkish1577
cockling1582
cockled1600
unequal1613
salebrous1633
scragged1641
inequal1661
unevenly1683
hummocky1767
snaggly1794
snaggy1806
hobblya1825
shreddy1835
scraggly1869
bobbly1909
pebbly1923
snaggled1938
1633 Battle of Lutzen 30 The entrie of his Raigne..was thorny and sallebrous.
1641 W. Gascoigne Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 60 Others of my profession..refuse to tread these salebrous and uneasy paths.
1681 C. Cotton Wonders of Peake 54 We now again proceed Thorough a Vale that's salebrous indeed.
Derivatives
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [noun]
unevenness1398
asperitya1492
ruggedness1530
raggedness1538
grabbedness1565
craggedness1598
implanitude1598
inequality1607
salebrosity1638
salebrity1656
salebrousness1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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