hummockyadj.
/ˈhʌməki/, U.S. /ˈhəməki/ 1.
a. Abounding in or characterized by hummocks; having the surface rising irregularly in hummocks.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective]
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [adjective] > hummock > full of
hummocky1767
hummocked1856
1767 Bartram's Jrnl. 69 in W. Stork Acct. E. Florida (ed. 2) That which is called hammocky ground is generally full of large evergreen and water-oaks, mixed with red-bay and magnolia.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 211 East Florida..being such a swampy hommocky country.
1817 W. Scoresby in Ann. Reg., Chron. 536 Such fields as exhibit a rugged, hummocky surface.
1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage Explan. Terms p. xvi Hummocky ice, ice so uneven and rough as to be impassable or nearly so on foot.
1867 G. M. Musgrave Nooks & Corners Old France I. vii. 256 This rugged and hummocky road.
b. figurative. Uneven like hummocky ground.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > uneven
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hummocky1869
1869 A. J. Ellis On Early Eng. Pronunc. I. i. iv. 410 The verse is so ‘hummocky’ that no conclusions could be drawn from it respecting the number of syllables in a word.
2. Of the form or nature of a hummock or boss-like eminence.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective]
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [adjective] > hummock
hummocky1791
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 193 The opposite point of the crescent, gradually retires with hommocky projecting points, indenting the grassy marshes.
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 71 Innumerable hummocky peaks [of ice] were on every hand, some of them reared to the height of 30 or 40 feet.
1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age ii. 22 Even the projecting masses of rock..present a rounded hummocky aspect.
1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 July 5/1 A firth winding among hummocky hills.
1894 Field 1 Dec. 838/1 These grayling lie..sometimes..in the hummocky waves above sunken rocks.
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