tumulose

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/tjuːmjʊləʊz//tuːmjʊləʊz/

A form of tumulous — Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.

OriginLatin tumulōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivetumulose (comparative more tumulose, superlative most tumulose)

comparative more tumulose · superlative most tumulose

  1. alternativeAlternative form of tumulous.

    there on those plains, in that tumulose landscape

    1947, Malcolm Lowry, chapter 7, in Under the Volcano

Origin

  1. Latintumulōsus“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”
  2. Englishtumulose

From Latin tumulōsus (“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”) (whence -ose), tumulus (“mound, hill, hillock”) + -ōsus, from tumeō (“to swell”).

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APA

tumulose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumulose

MLA

“tumulose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumulose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tumulose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumulose.

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