Monadnock (noun)
mo-nad-nok
a residual hill or mountain standing well above the surface of a surrounding area.
Monadnock entered English around 1735–45 and came from the name of Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock was first named Grand Monadnock after an Algonquian name from one of the Abenaki peoples’ languages that meant “isolated mountain.”
Example sentences
“As I reached the top of the monadnock, I couldn’t help but marvel at nature’s ability to shape such impressive landforms.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
