cellarous

comparative more cellarous · superlative most cellarous

1. Like or belonging to a cellar.

   some underground way which emitted a cellarous smell

   1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC

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   But, a little side-door, which I had never observed before, stood open, and disclosed certain cellarous steps.

   1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter)”, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC

   But it'll be marvellous up there, after the dim fusty muffle of this cellarous bazaar[…]

   1999, Brian Louis Pearce, The Goldhawk Variations, page 139

   […] he cautiously raised his eyes and peered into the cellarous darkness.

   2011, Eve Ottenberg, The Widow's Opera, page 320