Definition of "mountainous" adjective comparative more mountainous , superlative most mountainous
Having many mountains ; characterized by mountains ; of the nature of a mountain ; rough (terrain ); rocky . quotations examples
Quotations [Water vapour bubbles ] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places , of the Globe , and by this Concuſſion are condenſed , and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in , and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains , […]
1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: […] George Strahan […], § XXIX, page 184