arête

Definitions

1. A very thin ridge of rock.
2. excellence, goodness; virtue.
   uncountable
3. Alternative spelling of arête.
   alt-of, alternative
4. The proper state or condition for a human.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In his old department in Zürich, they sit⟳ in glass cases: models to the life of the peaks he had studied, with the strata painted beautifully and accurately, passing over arête and valley alike.”

“All arete is included in justice, Cyrnus.”

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