tumulose

adjective

tu·​mu·​lose

-əˌlōs

variants or tumulous

-ələs

: full of small hills or mounds : tumular

out there on those plains, in that tumulose landscape

—Malcolm Lowry

Word History

Etymology

Latin tumulosus, from tumulus + -osus -ose

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