grottos
oʊ noun, plural grot·toes, grot·tos.
1.
a cave or cavern.
2.
an artificial cavernlike recess or structure.
Origin:
1610–20; < Italian grotta < Vulgar Latin *crupta, for Latin crypta subterranean passage, chamber. See crypt
1610–20; < Italian grotta < Vulgar Latin *crupta, for Latin crypta subterranean passage, chamber. See crypt
Related forms
grot·toed, adjective
grot·to·like, adjective
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| —n , pl -toes, -tos | |
| 1. | a small cave, esp one with attractive features |
| 2. | a construction in the form of a cave, esp as in landscaped gardens during the 18th century |
| [C17: from Old Italian grotta, from Late Latin crypta vault; see | |
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Word Origin & History
grotto
1617, from It. grotta, ult. from L. crypta "vault, cavern," from Gk. krypte "hidden place" (see crypt). Terminal -o may be from its being spelled that way in many translations of Dante's "Divine Comedy."
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