mountainousadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊntᵻnəs/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊntənəs/,

/ˈmaʊntn̩əs/

Forms: Middle English mounteynous, 1500s– mountainous, 1600s montanous, 1600s mountaignous, 1600s mountainesse, 1600s mountanious, 1600s mountaynous, 1600s mountenous, 1600s–1700s mountanous, 1600s–1800s mountaneous, 1800s mountaineous; also Scottish pre-1700 montanous.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountain n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < mountain n. + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French montagneux (1559; 13th cent. in Old French as montaigneux , montaingneus ), Spanish montañoso (late 15th cent.), Portuguese montanhoso (late 13th cent.), Italian montagnoso (14th cent.), post-classical Latin montaniosus (probably 6th or 7th cent. in an isolated attestation, in a text on land-surveying). Compare mountuous adj.

†1. Situated in the mountains. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > relating to or situated in

mountuousa1382

mountainousc1384

Alpine?a1475

Alpish1577

Alpian1607

Alpsian?1610

mountained1628

alpestral1697

subalpine1803

intermontane1807

montane1863

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Jer. xii. 26 Mounteynous [a1382 Douce 369(1) Thei..comen shul..fro the mountuous places].

a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Jer. xxxiii. 13 Mounteynous [a1382 Douce 369(1) In the mountewous cites].

a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 171 The Eccho's, so often redoubled and multiplied amongst Mountanous Concavities.

2. Characterized by mountains; having many mountains; of the nature of a mountain or mountains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by

mountuousa1382

fellish1570

mountainy1591

mountainous1598

mountainly1603

alpestrious1615

montanous1623

montanic1799

mountained1820

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Alpish, mountainous, craggie.

1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 4 Those countries, whereof one part is plaine and fruitefull, and the other mountaynous and barren.

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 11 This little Isle..is..almost all cultivated, though it be mountanous.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews v. i, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 131 The mountainous part of Canaan.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 62 The shammoy..is..to be found only in rocky and mountainous places.

1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 29 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1997) XI. 177 We had come 18 miles to day through a Mountaneous desert Country.

1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 292 The greater part of the surface is mountainous.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvii. 299 The observer would find bolder reliefs than he has met with in the Thames valley in the almost mountainous hills of Wales.

1926 R. M. Abraham Surv. Instr. x. 174 When the region to be mapped is rugged or mountainous the stereo method in conjunction with a suitable plotter is undoubtedly superior to all others.

1987 Holiday Which? Sept. 169/1 In some mountainous areas (eg the Blue Mountains in Jamaica) rainfall can be much heavier than in our table.

3. Inhabiting mountains; dwelling in inaccessible mountain regions; (hence occasionally) barbarous, uncivilized.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting high land

uplandsc1330

uplandisha1387

upa1400

highland1595

mountain people1596

mountainous1613

upper1617

upland1622

hilly1632

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective]

wilda1300

bestiala1398

wilderna1400

savagine?a1439

barbaric1490

rudea1530

barbar1535

barbarous1538

pagan1550

uncivil1553

Scythical1559

raw?1573

savaged1583

incivil1586

savage1589

barbarian1591

uncivilized1607

negerous1609

mountainous1613

ruvid1632

ruvidous1632

barbarious1633

incivilizeda1645

alabandical1656

inhumanea1680

tramontane1740

semi-barbarous1798

irreclaimed1814

semi-savage1833

semiferine1854

warrigal1855

sloven1856

semi-barbaric1864

pre-civilized1876

wild and woolly1884

jungle1908

medieval1917

jungli1920

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 789 This wilde Mountainous people.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 330 The Remnant of People, which hap to be reserued, are commonly Ignorant and Mountanous People, that can giue no Account, of the Time past.

1703 J. Savage tr. Select Coll. Lett. Antients cxiv. 283 The Mountainous People no sooner saw me,..than they cry'd out.

1711 A. Mainwaring & J. Oldmixon Medley No. 14 in F. H. Ellis Swift vs. Mainwaring (1985) 138 England..bounded on the North by a poor mountainous People call'd Scots.

1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. xxvii. 346 Like the language of most mountainous people.

1965 Transition No. 20. 32/2 Ethiopia by the end of the nineteenth century would have been a difficult country to conquer, as its mountainous people were very well armed.

1975 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 57 84 The Greeks are..a semi-mountainous people.

4. Resembling a mountain or mountains in size or shape; huge, enormous. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and solid

greateOE

stour?a1300

fata1325

mightyc1375

sternc1394

stiffc1400

massivec1425

mastiff1495

gross1516

massy1548

robustious1548

mountainousa1616

monumental1632

mountain1633

lusty1640

beamy1697

material1736

Himalayan1878

wodgy1907

monolith1922

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 120 The Dust on antique Time would lye vnswept, And mountainous Error be too highly heapt, For Truth to o're-peere.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 31 Hee may perhaps delight the eyes of some with his huge and mountainous Bulk.

1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. ii. iv. 114 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. The Raja..made him mountainous promises to no effect.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. viii. 178 The two mountainous Cheek Bones of the House-keeper.

1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 10 However, a mountainous sea hove her off.

1821 W. Scott Pirate I. xi. 258 Mordaunt..placed her upon the summit of her mountainous saddle.

1889 J. Ruskin Præterita III. iv. 182 The white edges of the mountainous clouds.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) xii. 199 He received absentmindedly..the mountainous bull's-eye passed to him from Ginger.

1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story Henry Sugar 208 Standing on the playground with legs apart and arms folded across her mountainous bosom was Miss Davis, the matron.

1990 Times 24 Apr. 2/5 There is mountainous opposition.

†5. Derived or emanating from mountains; characteristic of mountainous regions. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > derived from

mountainous1683

1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker iii. 287 in Fleta Minor i Others say, That the Goslarish Calaminaris brings more increase than the mountanous Calaminaris.

1799 R. Warner Let. 4 Sept. in Walk Western Counties (1800) 45 The yew, the ash, and other mountainous trees.

1801 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 387 The pure gales, mountainous and maritime, which blow around your delightful retreat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mountainous
释义	mountainousadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊntᵻnəs/, U.S. /ˈmaʊntənəs/, /ˈmaʊntn̩əs/ Forms: Middle English mounteynous, 1500s– mountainous, 1600s montanous, 1600s mountaignous, 1600s mountainesse, 1600s mountanious, 1600s mountaynous, 1600s mountenous, 1600s–1700s mountanous, 1600s–1800s mountaneous, 1800s mountaineous; also Scottish pre-1700 montanous. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mountain n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < mountain n. + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French montagneux (1559; 13th cent. in Old French as montaigneux , montaingneus ), Spanish montañoso (late 15th cent.), Portuguese montanhoso (late 13th cent.), Italian montagnoso (14th cent.), post-classical Latin montaniosus (probably 6th or 7th cent. in an isolated attestation, in a text on land-surveying). Compare mountuous adj. †1. Situated in the mountains. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > relating to or situated in mountuousa1382 mountainousc1384 Alpine?a1475 Alpish1577 Alpian1607 Alpsian?1610 mountained1628 alpestral1697 subalpine1803 intermontane1807 montane1863 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) Jer. xii. 26 Mounteynous [a1382 Douce 369(1) Thei..comen shul..fro the mountuous places]. a1425 (a1382) Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Corpus Oxf.) Jer. xxxiii. 13 Mounteynous [a1382 Douce 369(1) In the mountewous cites]. a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 171 The Eccho's, so often redoubled and multiplied amongst Mountanous Concavities. 2. Characterized by mountains; having many mountains; of the nature of a mountain or mountains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > characterized by mountuousa1382 fellish1570 mountainy1591 mountainous1598 mountainly1603 alpestrious1615 montanous1623 montanic1799 mountained1820 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Alpish, mountainous, craggie. 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 4 Those countries, whereof one part is plaine and fruitefull, and the other mountaynous and barren. 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 11 This little Isle..is..almost all cultivated, though it be mountanous. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews v. i, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 131 The mountainous part of Canaan. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 62 The shammoy..is..to be found only in rocky and mountainous places. 1805 J. Whitehouse Jrnl. 29 May in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1997) XI. 177 We had come 18 miles to day through a Mountaneous desert Country. 1837 J. R. McCulloch Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire I. i. ii. 292 The greater part of the surface is mountainous. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xvii. 299 The observer would find bolder reliefs than he has met with in the Thames valley in the almost mountainous hills of Wales. 1926 R. M. Abraham Surv. Instr. x. 174 When the region to be mapped is rugged or mountainous the stereo method in conjunction with a suitable plotter is undoubtedly superior to all others. 1987 Holiday Which? Sept. 169/1 In some mountainous areas (eg the Blue Mountains in Jamaica) rainfall can be much heavier than in our table. 3. Inhabiting mountains; dwelling in inaccessible mountain regions; (hence occasionally) barbarous, uncivilized. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting a type of place > [adjective] > inhabiting high land uplandsc1330 uplandisha1387 upa1400 highland1595 mountain people1596 mountainous1613 upper1617 upland1622 hilly1632 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adjective] wilda1300 bestiala1398 wilderna1400 savagine?a1439 barbaric1490 rudea1530 barbar1535 barbarous1538 pagan1550 uncivil1553 Scythical1559 raw?1573 savaged1583 incivil1586 savage1589 barbarian1591 uncivilized1607 negerous1609 mountainous1613 ruvid1632 ruvidous1632 barbarious1633 incivilizeda1645 alabandical1656 inhumanea1680 tramontane1740 semi-barbarous1798 irreclaimed1814 semi-savage1833 semiferine1854 warrigal1855 sloven1856 semi-barbaric1864 pre-civilized1876 wild and woolly1884 jungle1908 medieval1917 jungli1920 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 789 This wilde Mountainous people. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 330 The Remnant of People, which hap to be reserued, are commonly Ignorant and Mountanous People, that can giue no Account, of the Time past. 1703 J. Savage tr. Select Coll. Lett. Antients cxiv. 283 The Mountainous People no sooner saw me,..than they cry'd out. 1711 A. Mainwaring & J. Oldmixon Medley No. 14 in F. H. Ellis Swift vs. Mainwaring (1985) 138 England..bounded on the North by a poor mountainous People call'd Scots. 1851 G. Borrow Lavengro I. xxvii. 346 Like the language of most mountainous people. 1965 Transition No. 20. 32/2 Ethiopia by the end of the nineteenth century would have been a difficult country to conquer, as its mountainous people were very well armed. 1975 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 57 84 The Greeks are..a semi-mountainous people. 4. Resembling a mountain or mountains in size or shape; huge, enormous. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and solid greateOE stour?a1300 fata1325 mightyc1375 sternc1394 stiffc1400 massivec1425 mastiff1495 gross1516 massy1548 robustious1548 mountainousa1616 monumental1632 mountain1633 lusty1640 beamy1697 material1736 Himalayan1878 wodgy1907 monolith1922 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. iii. 120 The Dust on antique Time would lye vnswept, And mountainous Error be too highly heapt, For Truth to o're-peere. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 31 Hee may perhaps delight the eyes of some with his huge and mountainous Bulk. 1678 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier Indian Trav. ii. iv. 114 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. The Raja..made him mountainous promises to no effect. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. v. viii. 178 The two mountainous Cheek Bones of the House-keeper. View more context for this quotation 1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 10 However, a mountainous sea hove her off. 1821 W. Scott Pirate I. xi. 258 Mordaunt..placed her upon the summit of her mountainous saddle. 1889 J. Ruskin Præterita III. iv. 182 The white edges of the mountainous clouds. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) xii. 199 He received absentmindedly..the mountainous bull's-eye passed to him from Ginger. 1977 R. Dahl Wonderful Story Henry Sugar 208 Standing on the playground with legs apart and arms folded across her mountainous bosom was Miss Davis, the matron. 1990 Times 24 Apr. 2/5 There is mountainous opposition. †5. Derived or emanating from mountains; characteristic of mountainous regions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [adjective] > derived from mountainous1683 1683 J. Pettus tr. L. Ercker iii. 287 in Fleta Minor i Others say, That the Goslarish Calaminaris brings more increase than the mountanous Calaminaris. 1799 R. Warner Let. 4 Sept. in Walk Western Counties (1800) 45 The yew, the ash, and other mountainous trees. 1801 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 387 The pure gales, mountainous and maritime, which blow around your delightful retreat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1384
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