cellarous

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cellar +‎ -ous

Adjective[edit]

cellarous (comparative more cellarous, superlative most cellarous)

  1. Like or belonging to a cellar.
    • 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
      some underground way which emitted a cellarous smell
    • 1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC:
      But, a little side-door, which I had never observed before, stood open, and disclosed certain cellarous steps.
    • 1999, Brian Louis Pearce, The Goldhawk Variations, page 139:
      But it'll be marvellous up there, after the dim fusty muffle of this cellarous bazaar […]
    • 2011, Eve Ottenberg, The Widow's Opera, page 320:
      […] he cautiously raised his eyes and peered into the cellarous darkness.
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