cavernous

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
  2. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
  3. Having many caverns.
  4. Having many caverns.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈkav.ən.əs/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Late Middle English cavernous, cavernose, borrowing from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernōsus (“full of hollows or cavities”), from caverna (“a hollow, cavity, cave”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to cavern + -ous.

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