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Word: Acclivous
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 18th century; earliest use found in Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), lexicographer and schoolmaster. From classical Latin acclīvus acclive + -ous. Compare earlier acclive, acclivity
Definition:
Rising with a slope; sloping (especially steeply) upward, ascending.
