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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

montuous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mon-tu-ous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Mountainous, hilly.

Archaic

adj

Situated among mountains.

Archaic

Etymology

From Middle English mountuous, from Latin montuōsus, equivalent to mount + -uous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: mountuous, montuōsus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more montuous (comparative) most montuous (superlative)

Questions

What does montuous mean?
Mountainous, hilly.
Where does montuous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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