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In some senses, caverned is marked as poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
caverned
adj 2
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4ADJ.
luminous
VERB + CAVERNED
roar, yelled
CAVERNED + NOUN
bowlders, hill, shore-cliffs, thrice
PREP.
on
Definitions
adj
1
Pitted or hollowed out with caverns.
The wolves yelled on the caverned hill Where echo tolled in thunder still;
2
Living in a cavern.
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.
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The wolves yelled on the caverned hill Where echo tolled in thunder still;
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
[…] 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.
Wiktionary04
Thrice roar the caverned shore-cliffs, thrice the spray / whirls up and wets the dewy stars on high.
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On the western side was a heap of caverned bowlders, and a fire burned in front with three persons sitting beside it.
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