toweryadj.
/ˈtaʊəri/, U.S. /ˈtaʊəri/ 1. Characterized by or having towers; adorned or defended with towers.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [adjective]
pinnacledc1400
toweredc1400
quartered1591
towery-topped1602
spired1610
towery1611
well-roofed1656
steepled1711
gable-ended1789
towerlessc1820
apteral1833
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tourrelé, Towerie, tower-like, begirt or incompassed with towers.
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada ii. iii. iii. 114 The Genius of the place its Lord will meet. And bend its tow'ry forehead to your feet.
1727 A. Pope Alley 50 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Meandring Streams, and Windsor's tow'ry Pride.
1834 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 36 842 Crowned with her towery diadem—Queen of the Sea.
1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. vii. 214 Till ye possess the towery city of Troy.
2. Rising to a lofty height; tower-like; towering; also figurative aspiring; exalted.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective]
sunderlyOE
noblec1330
precellentc1384
passantc1385
especialc1386
passinga1387
surmountingc1407
superlative?a1430
precelling?1435
pre-eminenta1460
outrepassed1477
divine1488
pre-excellenta1500
superexcellent1508
transcending1528
pre-ordinate1543
exceeding1552
superexcelling1554
exquisite1578
surpassingc1580
summary1587
paragon1593
transcendent1598
overmatchful1609
termless1609
overtoppinga1615
paramounta1626
overtowering1639
surpassant1654
transcendental1701
superior1711
towery1731
prize1739
supernala1817
tiptopsome1819
tip-topping1826
par excellence1839
superfine1850
towering1894
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable
higheOE
steepOE
heaven-highOE
highlyOE
brentc1400
hightc1480
hichty1513
procere1542
tall1548
spiringa1552
towereda1552
tower-like1552
upstretched1563
airy1565
excelse1569
haughty1570
topless1589
lofty1590
procerous1599
kiss-sky1603
skyish1604
topful?1611
aspiringc1620
sky-high1622
hiddy1632
tiptoed1632
sublime1635
towering1638
soaring1687
mountain high1693
clamberinga1717
skied1730
towery1731
pyramidic1740
skyey1750
skyward1792
skyscraping1797
exulting1798
high-reaching1827
steepling1892
high-rise1964
hi1972
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adjective] > ambitious
affectioneda1533
aspiring1577
ambitious1589
affectionate1598
emulous1609
endfulla1644
ambient1647
towering1665
towery1731
assurgent1881
1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets xvi. 9 Hence, have all towery Minds, sublimely fir'd, With in-born Strength, to their own Heav'n aspir'd.
1738 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem ii, in Poems (1810) 376/1 One step alone 'twixt triumph and defeat, The gulfy ruin and the tow'ry height.
1825 J. Wilson Poems II. 114 Long ensigns brightening on the towery mast.
1870 R. R. Coverdale Poems (new ed.) 39 'Neath towery trees that lowly bent.
Compounds
towery-topped adj. having a towery top; topped or crowned with towers.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [adjective]
pinnacledc1400
toweredc1400
quartered1591
towery-topped1602
spired1610
towery1611
well-roofed1656
steepled1711
gable-ended1789
towerlessc1820
apteral1833
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall ii. f. 121 A towry-topped Castle heere, wide blazeth ouer all.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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