montuous
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English mountuous, from Latin montuōsus, equivalent to mount + -uous.
Adjective
editmontuous (comparative more montuous, superlative most montuous)
- (archaic) Mountainous, hilly.
- (archaic) Situated among mountains.
References
edit- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “montuous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Middle English
editAdjective
editmontuous
- Alternative form of mountuous