Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face. · A point beyond which something abruptly fails or decreases in value, performance, etc.
From Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.
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