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mountainous

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moun⋅tain⋅ous

  [moun-tn-uhs]
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–adjective
1. abounding in mountains: a mountainous wilderness.
2. of the nature of a mountain.
3. resembling a mountain or mountains, as being very large and high: mountainous waves.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME mounteynous. See mountain, -ous

Related forms:
moun⋅tain⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
moun⋅tain⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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moun·tain·ous   (moun'tə-nəs)   
adj.  

  1. Having many mountains.

  2. Resembling a mountain in size; huge: mountainous waves.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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