cavernous

Meaning

Adjective

Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere.
Having many caverns.

Origin

Late Middle English cavernous, cavernose, borrowing from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernōsus ("full of hollows or cavities"), from caverna + -ōsus; equivalent to cavern + -ous.

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