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aeolian

adjective/iːˈəʊlɪən/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Produced, carried or shaped by the wind.

The dune's rippled aeolian ridges shifted a little further east each night.

Similar: wind-borne, wind-blown

Origin: From Greek Aiolos, keeper of the winds.

Topic: wind / landscape in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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