See Also: mountainous(dictionary)
mountainous(dictionary)

mountainous (iou)



mountainous adjective. LME.
[from MOUNTAIN + -OUS, partly after French montagneux.]
Situated among mountains. rare. LME-M17.
Characterized by mountains; having many mountains. E17.
Holiday Which? The..volcanic landscape of the Auvergne, mountainous but not wild.
Resembling a mountain or mountains; huge, enormous. E17.
J. Ruskin The white edges of the mountainous clouds. M. Warner She was almost blind, and mountainous.
Inhabiting mountains; living in a remote mountain region; uncivilized. E17-E18.
Derived from or characteristic of mountains. L17-E19.
A. Seward Gales, mountainous and maritime, which blow around your delightful retreat.
mountainously adverb E17.
mountainousness noun E18.