mountainedadj.
/ˈmaʊntᵻnd/, U.S. /ˈmaʊnt(ə)nd/ Chiefly poetic. rare.
1. Situated on a mountain; elevated, lofty (literal and figurative). Now rare.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > relating to or situated in
mountuousa1382
mountainousc1384
Alpine?a1475
Alpish1577
Alpian1607
Alpsian?1610
mountained1628
alpestral1697
subalpine1803
intermontane1807
montane1863
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. ii. sig. H3 In high and mountain'd Fortunes resolution is necessary, to insafe vs from the..wyles of prosperity... In the wane of Fortune, Resolution is likewise necessary, to [etc.].
1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 62 Like old Deucalion mountain'd o'er the flood.
1880 R. H. Stoddard Poems 459 Or is it, Goddess, from thy mountained crown, Far-lifted in the inaccessible blue, Its waters..Come?
2. hyperbolically. Resembling a mountain in size; huge, enormous. Also figurative.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > made high
rearedc1330
mounted1582
aspired1597
mountained1650
1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 39 Yet have I..boyling stremes that rave With the same curling force, and hisse, As doth the mountain'd wave.
1745 J. Brown Ess. Satire 302 When Giant-Vice and Irreligion rise On mountain'd falsehoods to invade the skies.
1764 W. Falconer Shipwreck (new ed.) iii. 104 Now no more a-lee The trembling side could bear the mountain'd sea.
1841 E. S. Wortley Maiden of Moscow iv. xxvi. 120 'Twixt him and Truth a mountained pile Of conquering energies.
1861 A. T. de Vere Sisters 40 Club-lifting Hercules, A mountain'd mass of gnarl'd and knotted sinews.
1907 H. Trench New Poems 5 I have seen..galleons big with ore, Dromonds, and mountain'd argosies That sack the globe no more.
1966 in J. Figueroa Caribbean Voices I. i. 22 In the close cool orchard The mango sprays her cream Foam on her mountained green.
3. Mountainous; containing mountains.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > obstructed by
mountained1650
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by
mountuousa1382
fellish1570
mountainy1591
mountainous1598
mountainly1603
alpestrious1615
montanous1623
montanic1799
mountained1820
1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 7 My walke a monstrous, mountain'd thing Rough-cast with Rocks, and snow.
1818 E. Elliott Night i. ii. 10 To Severn's banks Returning from the mountain'd Thule.
1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 174 Such noise is like the roar of bleak-grown pines; Which, when it ceases in this mountain'd world, No other sound succeeds; but ceasing here, Among these fallen [etc.].
1876 C. J. Wells Joseph & his Brethren 100 The intruders turn With rapid flight towards the mountain'd west.
1971 ‘H. Calvin’ Poison Chasers xii. 167 A narrow road that wound over mountained moor.
1992 Today 6 Nov. (BNC) Mohicans is set among the wild, untamed undergrowth and soaring, sheer mountained backdrop to the American war.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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