Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountainousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: moun-tain-ous-ness
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being mountainous.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] according to Polybius, the Arcadians, owing to the mountainousness of their country, and the severity of the weather, were very rugged and unsociable."

Etymology

From mountainous + -ness (“a state of being”, suffix forming a noun).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: mountainous

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does mountainousness mean?: The quality of being mountainous.
Where does mountainousness come from?: From mountainous + -ness (“a state of being”, suffix forming a noun).

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