clifted

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English

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Etymology

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clift +‎ -ed, from clift (a cleft).

Adjective

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clifted (comparative more clifted, superlative most clifted)

  1. (obsolete) broken; fissured
  2. Having cliffs.
    • 1835, Gerald Griffin, Tales of my neighbourhood:
      she had got to a safe distance from the clifted shore
    • 1812, Robert Chapman, The picture of Glasgow:
      Climb the Andes' clifted side.

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