"prisonous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more prisonous [comparative], most prisonous [superlative]
Etymology: From prison + -ous. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|prison|ous}} prison + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} prisonous (comparative more prisonous, superlative most prisonous)
  1. (obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of a prison. Tags: obsolete
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