tumulous

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adjective

Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.

OriginLatin tumulōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivetumulous (comparative more tumulous, superlative most tumulous)

comparative more tumulous · superlative most tumulous

  1. Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.

    Tumulous waves

    1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

Origin

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

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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