Entry: cathedran (adj.)
In context: "...the stadium-shaking climax as the ball climbed and inscribed a cathedran arch, seeming to take forever to fall..."
Definition: Neologism. Presumably in the style or reminiscent of a cathedral?
Other:
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 296
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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