2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mountainous \Moun"tain*ous\, a. [F. montagneux L. montaniosus.]
1. Full of or containing, mountains; as the mountainous
country of the Swiss.
2. Inhabiting mountains. [Obs.] --Bacon.
3. Large as or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk;
as a mountainous heap. --Prior.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mountainous
adj 1: having hills and crags; "hilly terrain" [syn: {cragged}, {craggy},
{hilly}]
2: like a mountain in size and impressiveness; "mountainous
waves"; "a mountainous dark man"
3: containing many mountains
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