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tumular

[ too-myuh-ler, tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. of, pertaining to, resembling, or characterized by a tumulus or tumuli.


tumular

/ ˈtjuːmjʊlə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or like a mound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tumular1

1820–30; < Latin tumul ( us ) tumulus + -ar 1
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Example Sentences

Of the tumular remains this general remark may be made, that they richly illustrate the elder poetry.

Perhaps it would not be too much to say that affinity with the tumular deposits is one of the notes of the primary poetry.

This is the gem of all Saxon tumular antiquities, and it rests with the other Faussett finds in the Mayer collection at Liverpool.

The tumular relics of different parts of England suggest old tribal distinctions of costume and apparel.

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