Gunpowderous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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