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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumulous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tu-mu-lous
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin tumulōsus (“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”) (whence -ous), tumulus (“mound, hill, hillock”) + -ōsus, from tumeō (“to swell”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tumulous (comparative) most tumulous (superlative)

Questions

What does tumulous mean?
Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
Where does tumulous come from?
From Latin tumulōsus (“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”) (whence -ous), tumulus (“mound, hill, hillock”) + -ōsus, from tumeō (“to swell”).

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