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south-south-east, adv. etc.
[Cf. older Flem. suydsuydoost (Kilian), Du. zuidzuidoost, G. südsüdost.]
In or from the direction lying midway between south and south-east. Also as n. and adj.
14..Sailing Directions (Hakl. Soc. 1889) 11 Fro Leyrnes to the Hedelonde the cours is north northwest and south south est. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 380 And to the south southeaste [lay] a lowe longe lande. 1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten 165 We held our course south south East. 1638Chilmead tr. Hues' Treat. Globes v. (Hakl. Soc.) 140, I finde it to be the North norwest, and South southeast Rumbe. a1691Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 192 A little island, which bare off us south-south-east some four leagues. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 264 [The valley] went winding away..to the south-east, and so to south-south⁓east. 1839H. T. De la Beche Rep. Geol. Cornwall, etc. i. 5 About eight miles in a..south-south-east direction. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 216/2 One principal street, running from south-south-east to north-north-west. 1893Times 8 July 14/2 The wind had southerned a little..and was about south-south-east.
Hence south-south-ˈeasterly, -ˈeastward advs. and adjs.
1784Phil. Trans. LXXIV. 203, 30° or 20° south-south⁓eastward. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. (ed. 3) I. 711 The bank and highland..ranges nearly northerly and south-southeasterly. Ibid. 714 The high lands lie northeastward and south southeastward. |