boulderous

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adjective

Having many boulders.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveboulderous (comparative more boulderous, superlative most boulderous)

comparative more boulderous · superlative most boulderous

  1. Having many boulders.

    I usually think about how those majestic peaks rise gloriously out of the flat regime of the valley with nary a foothill before lofting swiftly into their craggy, boulderous heights.

    1999 December 19, Jeffrey Johnson, “Free Sex Links!! 3354”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet)
  2. Resembling a boulder.

    He had huge thighs and delicate nipples atop boulderous pecs.

    2002, David B. Feinberg, Eighty-Sixed, page 33
    1 more example

    About ten boulderous stones lie partially buried in the ground and protrude no more than about 0.3m.

    2000 May 22, John Armstrong, quoting http://www.sypeland.freeserve.co.uk/site11.htm [no longer accessible], “Eaglesfield”, in uk.local.cumbria (Usenet)

Origin

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“boulderous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulderous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boulderous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boulderous.

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