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montuous

montuous adjective: mountainous, hilly.

Adjective

montuous (comparative more montuous, superlative most montuous)

  1. (archaic) Mountainous, hilly.
  2. (archaic) Situated among mountains.

Forms of montuous

comparativemore montuous
superlativemost montuous

Origin of montuous

From Middle English mountuous, from Latin montuōsus, equivalent to mount + -uous.

Questions about montuous

What does montuous mean?
Montuous means mountainous, hilly.
What part of speech is montuous?
Montuous is an adjective.

Words near montuous in the dictionary

  1. montunos
  2. Montuori
  3. Montuoris
  4. montuosities
  5. montuosity
  6. montuous
  7. monture
  8. montures
  9. montuvio
  10. montuvios
  11. Montvale

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