Escarpment (noun)
es-karp-ment
A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
Early 19th century from French escarpement, escarpe ‘scarp’, from Italian scarpa ‘slope’. Compare with scarp.
Example sentences
“The surrounded escarpments made the place feel like an amphitheatre.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)