Mountainous
/ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
"[Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]"
- 2 Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
"But the added size did not give them an advantage this time. Not when Kanter and Adams, two mountainous players, could match the Knicks’ girth with their own."
- 3 Very difficult. figuratively
- 4 Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous. obsolete
Adjective
- 1 containing many mountains wordnet
- 2 like a mountain in size and impressiveness wordnet
- 3 having hills and crags wordnet
Example
More examples"The capital of Ecuador is Quito, in the mountainous province of Pichincha."
Etymology
From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”).