cloud-capped

[ kloud-kapt ]

adjective

1. surrounded at the top by clouds:

   cloud-capped mountains.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cloud-capped¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

And lo, this Olympian being, this unfathomable man, descended from his cloud-capped heights and held out his hand to Tchaikovsky.

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If Flyaway should ever reach that cloud-capped peak, it was not her wee, wee feet which would carry her there.

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I have a hunch that if you steer old Prospero right, he'll bring one of those cloud-capped palaces down to earth.

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A gray ragged-edged cloud capped the top of the divide, its snowy fringes drawn out by the wind.

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On the cloud-capped summit of Olympus was the palace of Zeus and Hera, of burnished gold, chased silver, and gleaming ivory.

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