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boulderous

boulderous adjective: having many boulders.

Adjective

boulderous (comparative more boulderous, superlative most boulderous)

  1. Having many boulders.
    • I usually think about how those majestic peaks rise gloriously out of the flat regime of the valley with nary a foothill before lofting swiftly into their craggy, boulderous heights.1999 December 19, Jeffrey Johnson, “Free Sex Links!! 3354”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet)
  2. Resembling a boulder.
    • About ten boulderous stones lie partially buried in the ground and protrude no more than about 0.3m.2000 May 22, John Armstrong, quoting http://www.sypeland.freeserve.co.uk/site11.htm [no longer accessible], “Eaglesfield”, in uk.local.cumbria (Usenet)
    • He had huge thighs and delicate nipples atop boulderous pecs.2002, David B. Feinberg, Eighty-Sixed, page 33

Forms of boulderous

comparativemore boulderous
superlativemost boulderous

Origin of boulderous

From boulder + -ous.

Questions about boulderous

What does boulderous mean?
Boulderous means having many boulders.
What part of speech is boulderous?
Boulderous is an adjective.

Words near boulderous in the dictionary

  1. bouldering mats
  2. Boulderite
  3. Boulderites
  4. boulderless
  5. boulderlike
  6. boulderous
  7. boulders
  8. boulderstone
  9. boulderstones
  10. bouldery
  11. Bouldin

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