steepy

English

Alternative forms

• steepie (obsolete)

Etymology

From steep +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːpi/

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• Rhymes: -iːpi

Adjective

steepy (comparative steepier, superlative steepiest)

1. (obsolete) Steep.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     it was such a steepie downe-fall, and by meere strength hewen out of the maine rocke [...]

   • 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 370, lines 267–268:

     Huge Trunks of Trees, fell'd from the ſteepy Crown / Of the bare Mountains, rowl with Ruin down.