Definition of Arete

1. Noun. A sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains.

Generic synonyms: Ridge, Ridgeline

Definition of Arete

1. Noun. Virtue, excellence. ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of arête) ¹

3. Noun. (geology) A very thin ridge of rock. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arete

1. a sharp mountain ridge [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arete

areology
areolus
areolæ
areometer
areometers
areometry
arepa
arepas
arere
aret
aretaic
aretalogies
aretalogist
aretalogists
aretalogy
arete (current term)
aretegenic
areteria cervicalis
aretes
arethusa
arethusas
aretology
arets
arett
aretted
aretting
aretts
arew
areæ
arfendazam

Literary usage of Arete

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts (1869)
"i This, 0 arete, is the discourse on virginity which you required of me, accomplished according to my ability; which I pray, 0 mistress, although it is ..."

2. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"3 (1878) ; Lang, Butterflies of Europe, p. 302, pi. 74, fig. 4 (1884) ; Barrett, Lepid. Brit. Isl, i., p. 231, pi. 35 (1893). Var. Hipparchia arete. Var. ..."

3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1880)
"CONST ANTINE AND arete. See p. 217. WE are indebted for the following recension of Constantine and arete to Mr. Sophocles of Harvard College. ..."

4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"(A.-N.) (1) To im- arete, J pute; to attribute, allot, or decree. ... judges, and right sovereign bishops, which do arete the arms of the ..."

5. The Discoveries in Crete and Their Bearing on the History of Ancient by Ronald Montagu Burrows (1907)
"In the version for which these two lines were originally written, arete and Alkinoos were clearly brother and sister, ..."

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