slopeness

English

Etymology

slope +‎ -ness

Noun

slopeness (uncountable)

State of being slope.
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
  the whole Inclination or slopenesse in the ascent

References

“slopeness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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