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单词 montanous
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montanousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin montānus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin montānus montane adj. + -ous suffix.
Obsolete.
Mountainous. Also: belonging to mountains; mountain-dwelling.
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1623 R. Aylett Ioseph iv. 44 Leauing the high montanous craggy hills Of Pharan.
1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 947 Bombilophagus, is a Fly, montanous, big, very black.
a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 152 Sick a montanous, barren, scurvey country.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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