† monticulousadj.
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin monticulosus ; Latin monticulus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin monticulosus mountainous (12th cent.; from 12th cent. in British sources in sense ‘resembling a ridge of mountains in appearance’; 8th cent. in a British glossarial source in sense ‘resembling a small mountain in size’; < classical Latin monticulus monticule n. + -ōsus -ous suffix), or < classical Latin monticulus + -ous suffix. N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (mǫnti·kiŭlɒ̆s) /mɒnˈtɪkjʊləs/.
Obsolete.
rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
1656 T. Blount Monticulous, full of hills or mountains.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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