cloudwashed
adjEtymology From cloud + washed.
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Swept by or enshrouded in clouds.
- The peaks are beautiful alpine, snow-capped, cloudwashed things, but often the skier stays in the foothills and the passes, more convenient though less spectacular.1949, Joan Landman, David Landman, Where to Ski: Ski Guide to the U. S. and Canada, Houghton Mifflin Company, published 1949, page 157:
- Outside there was the soft patter of summer rain and the sky was pale with the rising, cloudwashed sun.1992, Philippa Gregory, The Wise Woman, Touchstone, published 2008, →ISBN, page 449:
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- Back in the present, I'm safe for awhile^([sic]) in my puttering house care, my junk pile, and trips to the cloudwashed countryside.2008, Dexa! Dog, Raw Days/Candid Views on Manic Depression and the Human Condition, unnumbered page: