cloud-capped
[ kloud-kapt ]
adjective
surrounded at the top by clouds: cloud-capped mountains.
Origin of cloud-capped
1First recorded in 1600–10
Words Nearby cloud-capped
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How to use cloud-capped in a sentence
And lo, this Olympian being, this unfathomable man, descended from his cloud-capped heights and held out his hand to Tchaikovsky.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyIf Flyaway should ever reach that cloud-capped peak, it was not her wee, wee feet which would carry her there.
Dotty Dimple's Flyaway | Sophie MayI have a hunch that if you steer old Prospero right, he'll bring one of those cloud-capped palaces down to earth.
I Walked in Arden | Jack CrawfordA gray ragged-edged cloud capped the top of the divide, its snowy fringes drawn out by the wind.
Travels in Alaska | John MuirOn the cloud-capped summit of Olympus was the palace of Zeus and Hera, of burnished gold, chased silver, and gleaming ivory.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome | E.M. Berens
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