acclivity
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[modifier] Anglais
Étymologie
- 1614. Du latin acclivitas. De acclivis/acclivus [1].
Nom commun
acclivity
- Côte, pente ascendante [1].
- With some blind instinct which impelled to action he struggled through the undergrowth about him and came to a more open ground — on his right the brook, to the left a gentle acclivity studded with infrequent trees; over all, the gathering gloom of twilight. — — (Ambrose Bierce, Chickamauga, 1889, éd. 2008) (ISBN 978-0-141-03881-0)
