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gunpowderous

gunpowderous adjective: resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.

Adjective

gunpowderous (comparative more gunpowderous, superlative most gunpowderous)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
    • I and my companions were seated, but as I tried to adopt the cross-legged posture of the other guests, a gunpowderous crack from the joints of one of my knees broke, I thought, the spell of the séance rather.1966, David Benedictus, This Animal is Mischievous, page 54
    • Asher and Blok rushed through the cordite-reeking jacaranda trees, past the gunpowderous pines, the saltpetre palms, and the ammonia-scented azaleas, […]1990, Simon Louvish, The Last Trump of Avram Blok, page 294

Forms of gunpowderous

comparativemore gunpowderous
superlativemost gunpowderous

Origin of gunpowderous

From gunpowder + -ous.

Questions about gunpowderous

What does gunpowderous mean?
Gunpowderous means resembling or characteristic of gunpowder.
What part of speech is gunpowderous?
Gunpowderous is an adjective.

Words near gunpowderous in the dictionary

  1. Gunpowder Treason
  2. Gunpowder Treason Day
  3. gunpowdered
  4. gunpowdering
  5. gunpowderish
  6. gunpowderous
  7. gunpowders
  8. gunpowdery
  9. gunpower
  10. gunproof
  11. gunrack

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