acclivity

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈklɪv.ə.ti/

Definition of acclivity

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
    “how gaily vineyards and olives alternately chequer the acclivities”
    “she would walk […] as far as to the point where the acclivity from the valley began its first steep ascent to the outer world.”
    “Just below it leaned a tottering crag that would have toppled, starting an avalanche on an acclivity where no sliding mass could stop.”

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Etymology

First attested in 1614. From Latin acclīvitās, from acclīvis (“ascending”), from ad + clīvus (“slope”).

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