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cellary en · ADJ

Etymology

From cellar + -y.

Meanings

1. 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. 1864, New York State Agricultural Society, Proceedings of the annual meeting: Volume 23, page 449:
   • 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. 1880, Marion Harland, Loiterings in pleasant paths:

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