clime
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clime
 (klīm) Pronunciation Key
n. Climate: in search of warmer climes. [Middle English, region of the earth, from Late Latin clima, from Greek klima; see climate.] |
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clime
clime
1542, chiefly poetic (see climate).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| clime | |
noun | |
| the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate] |
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Clime
Clime\, n. [L. clima. See Climate.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate. Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. --Goldsmith.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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