Tavernous

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a tavern.

    "My Cambridge Union was a low, ill-ventilated, ill-lit apartment at the back of the Red Lion Inn, cavernous, tavernous—something between a commercial room and a district branch meeting-house."

Example

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"My Cambridge Union was a low, ill-ventilated, ill-lit apartment at the back of the Red Lion Inn, cavernous, tavernous—something between a commercial room and a district branch meeting-house."

Etymology

From tavern + -ous.

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