Mountainousness
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"[…] 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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