steepnessn.

/ˈstiːpnɪs/

Etymology: < steep adj. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality or condition of being steep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > steepness (except of hills, etc.)

sticklenessOE

steepnessc1440

brantnessa1642

shelvingness1699

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 474/2 Stepnesse, or sydenesse of a roof (P. stopnesse), elevacio.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 276/1 Stepnesse of a hyll, cliuité.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Abruptum, that whiche hath suche a fall or stepenesse downe, that no man maye passe by it, but onely fall downe.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) vi. 408 Whose Towres you see ascend To such a steepnesse.

1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 23 In a niche in the mountain of Zurl, which also from its perpendicular steepness is called St. Martin's wall.

1861 W. Froude Rolling of Ships (1862) 54 Assuming a smaller degree of steepness in the wave.

1892 K. Pearson Gram. of Sci. vi. §10. 257 If we examine the time-chart we see that there is a considerable difference in its steepness at different points.

2. concrete. A steep part or slope of a hill, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep

cliffOE

cleevec1300

hangingc1400

braea1500

steep1555

steepness1585

proclivity1645

upright1712

sliddera1793

snab1797

scarp1802

escarpment1815

shin1817

escarp1856

hag1868

jump-off1873

inface1896

fault-scarp1897

scarping1909

fault-line scarp1911

steephead1918

jump-up1927

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 379/2 Dorsum montis,..the side, hanging or steepenesse of an hill.

a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. H4^v I did perceiue her..Clambring vpon the steepenes of the rocke.

1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xl. 192 A hut built against a steepness of rugged land from which stones had sometime been quarried.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 2/1 Under the steepnesses ending in that dolomite crag which [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	steepness
释义	steepnessn. /ˈstiːpnɪs/ Etymology: < steep adj. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality or condition of being steep. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [noun] > inclination from the level or slope > steepness (except of hills, etc.) sticklenessOE steepnessc1440 brantnessa1642 shelvingness1699 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 474/2 Stepnesse, or sydenesse of a roof (P. stopnesse), elevacio. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 276/1 Stepnesse of a hyll, cliuité. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Addicion Abruptum, that whiche hath suche a fall or stepenesse downe, that no man maye passe by it, but onely fall downe. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) vi. 408 Whose Towres you see ascend To such a steepnesse. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 23 In a niche in the mountain of Zurl, which also from its perpendicular steepness is called St. Martin's wall. 1861 W. Froude Rolling of Ships (1862) 54 Assuming a smaller degree of steepness in the wave. 1892 K. Pearson Gram. of Sci. vi. §10. 257 If we examine the time-chart we see that there is a considerable difference in its steepness at different points. 2. concrete. A steep part or slope of a hill, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > slope > [noun] > steep cliffOE cleevec1300 hangingc1400 braea1500 steep1555 steepness1585 proclivity1645 upright1712 sliddera1793 snab1797 scarp1802 escarpment1815 shin1817 escarp1856 hag1868 jump-off1873 inface1896 fault-scarp1897 scarping1909 fault-line scarp1911 steephead1918 jump-up1927 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 379/2 Dorsum montis,..the side, hanging or steepenesse of an hill. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) sig. H4^v I did perceiue her..Clambring vpon the steepenes of the rocke. 1887 H. Caine Deemster III. xl. 192 A hut built against a steepness of rugged land from which stones had sometime been quarried. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 24 Aug. 2/1 Under the steepnesses ending in that dolomite crag which [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.c1440
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