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cavernous

cavernous · more cavernous · most cavernous

Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphereResembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.

UK/ˈkav.ən.əs/US/ˈkæv.ɚ.nəs/

» Thousands of delegates are expected to gather at Geneva’s cavernous Palexpo Exhibition center.

Meaning

4 senses

Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
being or suggesting a cavern
Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
Giving the impression of vast, dark depths.
cavernous eyes
Having many caverns.
Composed largely of vascular sinuses and capable of dilating with blood to bring about the erection of a body part.
filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood
Having cavities.

Examples

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Thousands of delegates are expected to gather at Geneva’s cavernous Palexpo Exhibition center.
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And so the veil falls, revealing the walls, of cavernous halls, Valhalla calls.
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Origin

Late Middle English cavernous, cavernose, borrowing from Old French caverneux or Latin cav

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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