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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Onmontabil, a. [Mont v.; e.m.E. unmountable (1603).] That cannot be mounted or climbed, unclimbable. —1549 Compl. 98/13.
Tua strait montanis inhabitabil and onmontabil