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Definition of Tumular
1. a. Consisting in a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock.
Definition of Tumular
1. Adjective. Consisting of a heap; formed or being in a heap or hillock. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tumular
1. having the form of a mound [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumular
Literary usage of Tumular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vestiges of Civilization: Or, The Aetiology of History, Religious by James O'Connell (1851)
"These tumular structures, along the old continent, are supposed in fact to
represent the passage of the great Pelasgic race; whom this alone, ..."
2. Cavern Researches: Or, Discoveries of Organic Remains, and of British and by J. MacEnery (1859)
"In a tumular cemetry at North Berwick, however, the teeth of the skulls, though
sound, were worn in most cases completely flat, like those of a ruminating ..."