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adj- Ensconced in a small cave or cavern.

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Usage examples (7)
  • Nothing was found to satisfy them on this point, but, passing on beyond the first recess entered, they were amazed to find a second grottoed recess, similar to the...
  • At length these streets becoming more straggling yet, dwindled and dwindled away, until there were only small garden patches bordering the road, with many a summer house...
  • In its east pavilion was a double row of grottoed and illuminated aquaria containing the strangest inhabitants of the deep.
  • At sunset, had there been one, we went into the Villa d'Este, entering through the huge deserted courts and grottoed halls of the colossal palace, surprised to find the...
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