Definition of Cragginess

1. n. The state of being craggy.

Definition of Cragginess

1. Noun. The state of being craggy ¹

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Definition of Cragginess

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cragginess

craftsy
craftwork
craftworker
craftworkers
craftworks
crafty
crag
cragfast
cragged
craggedness
cragger
craggers
craggier
craggiest
craggily
cragginess (current term)
cragginesses
craggy
crags
cragsman
cragsmen
craic
craig
craigs
craigslist
craigslisted
craigslisting
craigslists
craik
craisin

Literary usage of Cragginess

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

1. Rise of the Spanish-American Republics, as Told in the Lives of Their Liberators by William Spence Robertson (1918)
"... and deep, narrow chasms,—a road intersected by four mountain ridges, where the cragginess of the soil competes with the asperity of the atmosphere. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"Round the west side of this rock the path winds down a dangerous passage, formed partly by the cragginess of the precipice, and partly by steps made by the ..."

3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... by some seven years, but the evidence for its date is weak, and that for the late dates of the others weaker. On the other hand, the "cragginess" of ..."

4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"cragginess, (krag'-ge-nes) n. «. The state of being craggy. To CRAM, (kiam) va To stuff with more than can conveniently be held ; to nil with food beyond ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"He was about fifty-five, wiry and well preserved ; his back showed a curious cragginess or sharpness at the shoulders, with a corresponding spareness at the ..."

6. Rise of the Spanish-American Republics, as Told in the Lives of Their Liberators by William Spence Robertson (1918)
"... and deep, narrow chasms,—a road intersected by four mountain ridges, where the cragginess of the soil competes with the asperity of the atmosphere. ..."

7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"Round the west side of this rock the path winds down a dangerous passage, formed partly by the cragginess of the precipice, and partly by steps made by the ..."

8. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... by some seven years, but the evidence for its date is weak, and that for the late dates of the others weaker. On the other hand, the "cragginess" of ..."

9. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"cragginess, (krag'-ge-nes) n. «. The state of being craggy. To CRAM, (kiam) va To stuff with more than can conveniently be held ; to nil with food beyond ..."

10. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"He was about fifty-five, wiry and well preserved ; his back showed a curious cragginess or sharpness at the shoulders, with a corresponding spareness at the ..."

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