cedarn

American  

[see-dern] / ˈsi dərn /

adjective

Archaic.

1. resembling or made of cedar.

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Etymology

Origin of cedarn

First recorded in 1625–35; cedar + -(e)n ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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cedarn

Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

We are in the land of colour, of sweet odours; the balmy smells of nard and cassia are flung about the cedarn alleys where we walk.

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger

Far overhead the echoes of his voice hummed on awhile among the cedarn rafters.

From A Dreamer's Tales by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

Here, where all is falling into dimness and dissolution, and we walk in cedarn gloom, and the very air of heaven goes mouldering to the lungs, I cannot remain commonplace.

From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Machen, Arthur

II Lo! our silver censers swinging, Perfumes o'er thy path are flinging— Ne'er o'er Tempe's breathless valleys, Ne'er o'er Cypria's cedarn alleys, Or the Rose-isle's moonlit sea, Floated sweets more worthy thee.

From Last Days of Pompeii by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron