Associations to the word «Cirque»

Wiktionary

CIRQUE, noun. (geology) A curved depression in a mountainside with steep walls, forming the end of a valley.

Dictionary definition

CIRQUE, noun. A steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may contain a lake.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca