ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Prisonous

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Prisonous is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of a prison.

Meaning

(obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of a prison.

Example Sentences

Their sloping ceilings, cumbrous rusty locks and grates, and heavy wooden bins and beams, slowly mouldering withal, had a prisonous look, and he had the haggard face of a prisoner.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prisonlike, jailish, prisonerlike, jaillike, gulaglike, parolelike.

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