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Definition of Cragginess
1. n. The state of being craggy.
Definition of Cragginess
1. Noun. The state of being craggy ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cragginess
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cragginess
Literary usage of Cragginess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rise of the Spanish-American Republics, as Told in the Lives of Their Liberators by William Spence Robertson (1918)
"... and deep, narrow chasms,—a road intersected by four mountain ridges, where
the cragginess of the soil competes with the asperity of the atmosphere. ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"Round the west side of this rock the path winds down a dangerous passage, formed
partly by the cragginess of the precipice, and partly by steps made by the ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... by some seven years, but the evidence for its date is weak, and that for the
late dates of the others weaker. On the other hand, the "cragginess" of ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"cragginess, (krag'-ge-nes) n. «. The state of being craggy. To CRAM, (kiam) va
To stuff with more than can conveniently be held ; to nil with food beyond ..."
5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"He was about fifty-five, wiry and well preserved ; his back showed a curious
cragginess or sharpness at the shoulders, with a corresponding spareness at the ..."
6. Rise of the Spanish-American Republics, as Told in the Lives of Their Liberators by William Spence Robertson (1918)
"... and deep, narrow chasms,—a road intersected by four mountain ridges, where
the cragginess of the soil competes with the asperity of the atmosphere. ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"Round the west side of this rock the path winds down a dangerous passage, formed
partly by the cragginess of the precipice, and partly by steps made by the ..."
8. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... by some seven years, but the evidence for its date is weak, and that for the
late dates of the others weaker. On the other hand, the "cragginess" of ..."
9. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"cragginess, (krag'-ge-nes) n. «. The state of being craggy. To CRAM, (kiam) va
To stuff with more than can conveniently be held ; to nil with food beyond ..."
10. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"He was about fifty-five, wiry and well preserved ; his back showed a curious
cragginess or sharpness at the shoulders, with a corresponding spareness at the ..."
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