Mountainousness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being mountainous. uncountable

    "[…] according to Polybius, the Arcadians, owing to the mountainousness of their country, and the severity of the weather, were very rugged and unsociable."

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"[…] according to Polybius, the Arcadians, owing to the mountainousness of their country, and the severity of the weather, were very rugged and unsociable."

Etymology

From mountainous + -ness (“a state of being”, suffix forming a noun).

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