steepiness

English

Etymology

From steepy +‎ -ness.

Noun

steepiness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of steepness
   • 1642, James Howell, “Section X”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC; republished as Edward Arber, editor, Instructions for Forreine Travell. […] (English Reprints; 16), London: [Alex. Murray & Son, 15 June 1869], →OCLC, page 55:

     [T]he craggineſſe and ſteepineſſe of places up and down is a great advantage to the dwellers, and makes them inacceſſible, for they ſerve as Fortreſſes erected by Nature her ſelfe, to protect them from all incurſions: […]

Further reading

• “steepiness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.