Moun"tain*ous (?), a. [F. montagneux, L. montaniosus.]

1.

Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss.

2.

Inhabiting mountains.

[Obs.]

Bacon.

3.

Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap.

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