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cellary

adj

Etymology

From cellar + -y.

  1. derived from cella
  2. derived from cellārium
  3. derived from celier
  4. derived from celer
  5. inherited from celer
  6. suffixed as cellary — “cellar + y”

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of a cellar

    Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.

    • Cellars, where the direct rays of the sun cannot enter, are often used as milk rooms, but there is always a cellary odor in them which impairs the flavor of the butter.
    • There is a cellary smell in all these old stone churches where slumber the mighty dead, suggestive of must, mould, and cockroaches, and on the hottest day a chill, like that of an ice-house.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA