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Definition of Acclivous
1. a. Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous.
Definition of Acclivous
1. Adjective. sloping upward; rising as a hillside. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acclivous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acclivous
Literary usage of Acclivous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"{distorted) 243 ; bevel, out of the perpendicular. uphill, rising, ascending,
acclivous ; downhill, falling, descending ; declining, ..."
2. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1922)
"The bank acclivous rose, and swelled above— The frizzled moss a pillow for my love.
Trees with their ripened stores glowed all around, The loaded branches ..."
3. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: In by John Walker (1822)
"The steepness or elope of a line inclining upwards, as the ascent of a lull;
contrary of declivity. acclivous,ak-kll'vus.a. Rising with a slope; ascending. ..."
4. The Southern Review by Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Methodist Episcopal Church, South (1871)
"... and parties of pleasure, and the manifold diversions of gay social life lie
is digging among hidden things. He is climbing acclivous heights ..."
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