Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caverned

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cav-erned
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.

adj

Living in a cavern.

Example Sentences

"The wolves yelled on the caverned hill Where echo tolled in thunder still;"
"No Bandit fierce, no Tyrant mad with pride, / No cavern'd Hermit, reſt ſelf-ſatisfy'd; / Who moſt to ſhun or hate mankind pretend, / Seek an Admirer, or wou'd fix a Friend."
"[…] he will heed as little the lofty generous enterprises that kindle upon the moral world, as a caverned bear the luminous expanse of the glittering heaven."

Etymology

From cavern + -ed.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cavern

Inflected Forms

more caverned (comparative) most caverned (superlative)

Questions

What does caverned mean?: Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
Where does caverned come from?: From cavern + -ed.

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