cellarous

adj

cellarous

adj

Etymology From cellar + -ous.

1

Like or belonging to a cellar.

some underground way which emitted a cellarous smell1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
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:

2 more examples

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:

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