Gunpowderous
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
"I and my companions were seated, but as I tried to adopt the cross-legged posture of the other guests, a gunpowderous crack from the joints of one of my knees broke, I thought, the spell of the séance rather."
Example
More examples"I and my companions were seated, but as I tried to adopt the cross-legged posture of the other guests, a gunpowderous crack from the joints of one of my knees broke, I thought, the spell of the séance rather."
Etymology
From gunpowder + -ous.
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