tumulous

[ too-myuh-luhs, tyoo- ]

adjective

1. having mounds; full of mounds; tumular.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tumulous¹

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

Example Sentences

The couple was together through the end of Britney's tumulous court battle against her father, Jaime Spears, and his control over her through an "abusive" 13-year-long conservatorship.

From Salon

They lowered tumulous and menacing.

From Project Gutenberg

Great masses of cloud hung beyond the edge of the world, and here and there towered foundationless in the sky—huge tumulous heaps of white vapour with gray shadows.

From Project Gutenberg

Great masses of cloud hung beyond the edge of the world, and here and there towered foundationless in the sky—huge tumulous heaps of white vapour with gray shadows.

From Project Gutenberg