boulderous

English

Etymology

From boulder +‎ -ous.

Adjective

boulderous (comparative more boulderous, superlative most boulderous)

  1. (of a terrain) Having many boulders.
    • 1999 December 19, Jeffrey Johnson, “Free Sex Links!! 3354”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc‎[1] (Usenet):
      I usually think about how those majestic peaks rise gloriously out of the flat regime of the valley with nary a foothill before lofting swiftly into their craggy, boulderous heights.
  2. Resembling a boulder.
    • 2000 May 22, John Armstrong, quoting http://www.sypeland.freeserve.co.uk/site11.htm [no longer accessible], “Eaglesfield”, in uk.local.cumbria‎[2] (Usenet):
      About ten boulderous stones lie partially buried in the ground and protrude no more than about 0.3m.
    • 2002, David B. Feinberg, Eighty-Sixed, page 33:
      He had huge thighs and delicate nipples atop boulderous pecs.
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