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mountainousness

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from mons — “mountain”
  2. derived from montāniōsus
  3. borrowed from montagneux
  4. suffixed as mountainousness — “mountainous + ness”

Definitions

  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.

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