Tavernous
adj
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Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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