mountuousadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntjʊəs/,

/ˈmaʊntʃʊəs/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊn(t)ʃ(əw)əs/

Forms: Middle English montuous, Middle English mountewous, Middle English 1900s– mountuous, 1500s montuos.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin montuōsus, montōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin montuōsus (also, more rarely, montōsus) mountainous < mont- , mōns mount n.¹ + -uōsus -uous suffix. Compare Old French, Middle French montueux (of a town) situated among mountains (13th cent.), (of a country or region) mountainous (mid 14th cent.). Compare mountainous adj.

Now rare (archaic and poetic).

Mountainous, hilly. Also: situated among mountains.

ΘΚΠ

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

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by

mountuousa1382

fellish1570

mountainy1591

mountainous1598

mountainly1603

alpestrious1615

montanous1623

montanic1799

mountained1820

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xvii. 26 Fro the mountuous [v.rr. mounteynous, mounteyns; L.V. hilli; L. Montuosis] places.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxiii. 13 In the mountewous cities.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 157 (MED) Ethiopia haþ þre parties, þe firste is hilly and montuous.

c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 371 The grete wode callyd Nemea, ny abute the montuous hylle of wyche by aventure of casualte was callyd Erotone by name.

a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 66 Unto santastropoli the lande is montuos and ill people which liveth all upon steling in other placis.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xiv. 110 Proud warriors those of mountuous Venedot.

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

单词	mountuous
释义	mountuousadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊntjʊəs/, /ˈmaʊntʃʊəs/, U.S. /ˈmaʊn(t)ʃ(əw)əs/ Forms: Middle English montuous, Middle English mountewous, Middle English 1900s– mountuous, 1500s montuos. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin montuōsus, montōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin montuōsus (also, more rarely, montōsus) mountainous < mont- , mōns mount n.¹ + -uōsus -uous suffix. Compare Old French, Middle French montueux (of a town) situated among mountains (13th cent.), (of a country or region) mountainous (mid 14th cent.). Compare mountainous adj. Now rare (archaic and poetic). Mountainous, hilly. Also: situated among mountains. ΘΚΠ 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 the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by mountuousa1382 fellish1570 mountainy1591 mountainous1598 mountainly1603 alpestrious1615 montanous1623 montanic1799 mountained1820 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xvii. 26 Fro the mountuous [v.rr. mounteynous, mounteyns; L.V. hilli; L. Montuosis] places. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxiii. 13 In the mountewous cities. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 157 (MED) Ethiopia haþ þre parties, þe firste is hilly and montuous. c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica v. 371 The grete wode callyd Nemea, ny abute the montuous hylle of wyche by aventure of casualte was callyd Erotone by name. a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 66 Unto santastropoli the lande is montuos and ill people which liveth all upon steling in other placis. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. IV. xiv. 110 Proud warriors those of mountuous Venedot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1382
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