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tumulous

American  
[too-myuh-luhs, tyoo-] / ˈtu myə ləs, ˈtyu- /
Also tumulose

adjective

  1. having mounds; full of mounds; tumular.

Etymology

Origin of tumulous

1820–30; < Latin tumulōsus, equivalent to tumul ( us ) tumulus + -ōsus -ous

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They lowered tumulous and menacing.

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