altitudinous
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Venetian by birth and rococo by temperament, the 18th century master loved to loft dangling goddesses, altitudinous angels and rafters of neck-craning cherubs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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From Time Magazine Archive
Toward the end of summer, Charles-Norton found himself insensibly altering the glorious routine of his altitudinous existence.
From The Trimming of Goosie by Hopper, James
Kipps, I say, felt himself a creature of outer darkness, an inexcusable intruder in an altitudinous world.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
"It is not that the temperature is excessively altitudinous," responded the Parson, "but the presence of a larger proportion of humidity retards perspiratory exudation."
From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Sinclair, Upton
