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† ˈscopulous, a. Obs.
[ad. L. scopulōsus craggy, f. scopul-us a rock.]
Abounding in rocks, rocky. Hence † ˈscopulousness, † scopuˈlosity (rare—0).
1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 261 How Scopulous, stendirrie, or stanie, was the stedd..quhairon thay than stude. 1658Franck Northern Mem. (1694) 211 Edinburgh..stands on a mighty scopulous Mountain. 1721Bailey, Scopulosity, Abundance of Rocks. 1727― vol. II, Scopulousness. |