mountainetten.

Brit.

/ˌmaʊntᵻˈnɛt/, U.S.

/ˌmaʊntəˈnɛt/,

/ˌmaʊntnˈɛt/

Forms: 1500s 1700s mountainett, 1500s 1800s– mountainette, 1500s–1600s 1800s mountainet.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mountain n., -ette suffix.

Etymology: < mountain n. + -ette suffix, after Middle French montaignete (early 15th cent.; 15th cent. as montaignette , montagnette ; 1600 in French as †montagnete ) < montagne mountain n. + -ette -et suffix¹.

A small mountain; a hillock, mound. Also in extended use.

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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock

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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I4^v Her breasts (which sweetly rase vp like two faire Mountain [e] ts [1593 Mountainettes] in the pleasaunt valley of Tempe).

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) xvii. 86 He hath cast down many..mountaines and mountainets.

1609 J. Davies Humours Heau'n on Earth 242 The dead..so oreabounds! Here might ye see as t'were a Mountainet Founded on Bodies, grounded very deepe.

1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine ii. xlvii His sight she fled; Ne on the mountainett with him durst bide.

1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 218 And work with share Rutulian mountainets [ Aen. vii. 798 collis].

1892 S. R. Hole Mem. 238 The most perfect of rock-gardens, a natural conjunction of mountainettes and streamlets.

1914 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson It happened in Egypt xxvii. 319 We steamed on between strange black mountainettes and tiger-golden sands toward Wady Halfa.

1990 Sunday Times 28 Oct. (Style & Travel section) 8/5 From my balcony I watched the sun slide up from behind a triple-peaked mountainette framed by the silhouettes of 60ft coconut palms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountainette
释义	mountainetten. Brit. /ˌmaʊntᵻˈnɛt/, U.S. /ˌmaʊntəˈnɛt/, /ˌmaʊntnˈɛt/ Forms: 1500s 1700s mountainett, 1500s 1800s– mountainette, 1500s–1600s 1800s mountainet. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: mountain n., -ette suffix. Etymology: < mountain n. + -ette suffix, after Middle French montaignete (early 15th cent.; 15th cent. as montaignette , montagnette ; 1600 in French as †montagnete ) < montagne mountain n. + -ette -et suffix¹. A small mountain; a hillock, mound. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [noun] > hillock barrowc885 burrowc885 berryc1000 knapc1000 knollc1000 ball1166 howa1340 toft1362 hillocka1382 tertre1480 knowec1505 hilleta1552 hummock1555 mountainettea1586 tump1589 butt1600 mountlet1610 mounture1614 colline1641 tuft1651 knock?17.. tummock1789 mound1791 tomhan1811 koppie1848 tuffet1877 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I4^v Her breasts (which sweetly rase vp like two faire Mountain [e] ts [1593 Mountainettes] in the pleasaunt valley of Tempe). a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) xvii. 86 He hath cast down many..mountaines and mountainets. 1609 J. Davies Humours Heau'n on Earth 242 The dead..so oreabounds! Here might ye see as t'were a Mountainet Founded on Bodies, grounded very deepe. 1767 W. J. Mickle Concubine ii. xlvii His sight she fled; Ne on the mountainett with him durst bide. 1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 218 And work with share Rutulian mountainets [ Aen. vii. 798 collis]. 1892 S. R. Hole Mem. 238 The most perfect of rock-gardens, a natural conjunction of mountainettes and streamlets. 1914 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson It happened in Egypt xxvii. 319 We steamed on between strange black mountainettes and tiger-golden sands toward Wady Halfa. 1990 Sunday Times 28 Oct. (Style & Travel section) 8/5 From my balcony I watched the sun slide up from behind a triple-peaked mountainette framed by the silhouettes of 60ft coconut palms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1586
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