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catacombic

catacombic adjective: resembling or characteristic of a catacomb.

Adjective

catacombic (comparative more catacombic, superlative most catacombic)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a catacomb.
    • Either way, the track’s a mellow belter, or a melter, or a bellow: jittery, propulsive percussion slide-steps over fluttery layered vocal stabs and catacombic bass.2015 August 7, Phil Harrison, “ReviewAnything: a dog, the Tube Strike and more, rated and slated”, in The Guardian

Forms of catacombic

comparativemore catacombic
superlativemost catacombic

Origin of catacombic

From catacomb + -ic.

Questions about catacombic

What does catacombic mean?
Catacombic means resembling or characteristic of a catacomb.
What part of speech is catacombic?
Catacombic is an adjective.

Words near catacombic in the dictionary

  1. cataclysmically
  2. cataclysmist
  3. cataclysmists
  4. cataclysms
  5. catacomb
  6. catacombic
  7. catacombs
  8. catacorner
  9. catacorolla
  10. catacosmesis
  11. catacoustic

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