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† ˈmountuous, a. Obs. Also montuous, mountewous. [ad. L. montuōs-us (also montōsus), f. mont-, mons mountain: see mount n.1 and -ous. Cf. OF. montueux.] Mountainous, hilly. Also, situated among mountains.
1382Wyclif Jer. xvii. 26 Fro the mountuous places [Vulg. de montuosis]. Ibid. xxxiii. 13 In the mountewous [v.r. mountuous] cities. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 157 Ethiopia haþ þre parties, þe firste is hilly and montuous. |