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单词 cliffless
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clifflessadj.

Brit. /ˈklɪflᵻs/, U.S. /ˈklɪflᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cliff n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < cliff n. + -less suffix.
Without a cliff or cliffs.
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cliffless1857
1857 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. Bombay 5 293 The whole of this coast is cliffless.
1898 Speaker 5 Mar. 297/1 The cliffless Downs.
1928 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 409 There were cliffless beaches of grey pebble.
1968 Auk 85 142 Most of the Herring Gull colonies were in the cliffless interior of Southampton Island.
2007 Times 17 Mar. 9/2 Brighton, of course, is shingly and cliffless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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