clifty

English

Etymology

From clift +‎ -y.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈklɪfti/

Adjective

clifty (comparative more clifty, superlative most clifty)

  1. (obsolete) Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy.
    • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 3:
      Down the clifty gorge – its walls of solid sandstone, cloven to the bare heart of the range by the fierce momentum of the waters – the bounding river came.
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