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unmountainous
moun·tain·ous
/
ˈmaʊn
tn
əs
/
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[
moun
-tn-
uh
s
]
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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 Middle English
mounteynous.
See
mountain
,
-ous
Related forms
moun·tain·ous·ly,
adverb
moun·tain·ous·ness,
noun
non·moun·tain·ous,
adjective
non·moun·tain·ous·ly,
adverb
sem·i·moun·tain·ous,
adjective
sem·i·moun·tain·ous·ly,
adverb
un·moun·tain·ous,
adjective
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World English Dictionary
mountainous
(ˈmaʊntɪnəs)
—
adj
1.
of or relating to mountains:
a mountainous region
2.
like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness
'mountainously
—
adv
'mountainousness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
mountainous
c.1600, from Fr. montagneux, from V.L. *montaniosus, from *montanea (see
mountain
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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