mountainy
An Irish English word meaning mountainous or of the mountains — typically used to describe a rugged, remote, upland character.
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An Irish English word meaning mountainous or of the mountains — typically used to describe a rugged, remote, upland character. 'Mountainy' implies wildness and isolation; a mountainy man or a mountainy place is strongly associated with the untamed, rural uplands of Ireland. Still in occasional use in Irish English.
He had a mountainy look about him — weathered and watchful in the way of people who spend their lives outdoors.
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(now, _, chiefly, _, Irish) Mountainous.
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