mountainous

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective having hills and crags
  2. adjective like a mountain in size and impressiveness
  3. adjective containing many mountains

Etymology

From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

cragged, craggy, hilly

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