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mountainousness

mountainousness noun: the quality of being mountainous.

Noun

mountainousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being mountainous.
    • […] according to Polybius, the Arcadians, owing to the mountainousness of their country, and the severity of the weather, were very rugged and unsociable.1808, Allan Ramsay, “An Inquiry into the Propriety of the Rules Prescribed for Pastoral Poetry”, in The Gentle Shepherd, a Pastoral Comedy; with Illustrations of the Scenary: […], volume 1...

Origin of mountainousness

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

Questions about mountainousness

What does mountainousness mean?
Mountainousness means the quality of being mountainous.
What part of speech is mountainousness?
Mountainousness is a noun.

Words near mountainousness in the dictionary

  1. mountainmints
  2. mountainness
  3. mountainous
  4. Mountainous Karabakh
  5. mountainously
  6. mountainousness
  7. mountains
  8. mountains in labour
  9. Mountains of the Moon
  10. mountains to climb
  11. mountainscape

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