craggy
Etymology Pronunciation
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Etymology Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˈkɹæɡ.i/
craggy (comparative craggier, superlative craggiest)
- Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.
- The goat climbed up the craggy rocks.
- The old man had craggy, uncultured features, but had bright, intelligent eyes.
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC ↗; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene iii ↗:
- Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders
Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands
And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea.
- French: escarpé
- Russian: скали́стый
- Spanish: escarpado (coastline, mountains), accidentado, escabroso (terrain, landscape), rudo, áspero (character, general)
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