"tumulous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more tumulous [comparative], most tumulous [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin tumulōsus (“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”), tumulus (“mound, hill, hillock”) + -ōsus, from tumeō (“I swell”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|tumulōsus||full of hills or hillocks, hilly}} Latin tumulōsus (“full of hills or hillocks, hilly”), {{suffix|en|tumulus|osus|alt2=ōsus|gloss1=mound, hill, hillock|nocat=1}} tumulus (“mound, hill, hillock”) + -ōsus Head templates: {{en-adj}} tumulous (comparative more tumulous, superlative most tumulous)
  1. Full of small hills or mounds; hilly; tumulose.
    Sense id: en-tumulous-en-adj-KyrK1LXp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

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