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tumulous en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

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