† steepinessn.
Obsolete.
The condition of being ‘steepy’; steepness. Freely used by writers in the 17th cent.
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steepiness1609
precipitationa1616
precipice1650
precipitousness1832
1609 W. Biddulph Trauels Certaine Englishmen 101 The mountaine..somewhat steepy..: we rode so farre as we could for steepinesse and then..tooke vpon vs to clamber vp on foot.
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell x. 132 The cragginesse and steepinesse of places up and down is a great advantage to the dwellers.
1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 398 The steepiness of the ground such as hardly to be surmounted.
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