declivitous, a.
(dɪˈklɪvɪtəs)
[f. L. type *dēclīvitōs-us, f. dēclīvitās: see declivity and -ous: cf. acclivitous.]
Having a (considerable) declivity or slope; steep.
| 1799 R. Warner Walk (1800) 94 The approach to Culbone church is by a small foot-path, narrow, rugged and..declivitous. 1802 Bray Jrnl. in Mrs. Bray Descr. Devon (1835) I. 237 The declivitous sides of this tor. 1882 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. 454 In descending the next declivitous hill. |