Characterized by grandeur, impressive scale, or luxurious appearance; grand and impressive.
Formed from 'grand' combined with a French-influenced suffix '-evous' or '-ous,' attempting to create an adjective meaning 'having the quality of grandeur.' This is a rare or archaic construction.
This word is almost extinct in modern English, but it shows how English speakers have always tried to build new adjectives from 'grand'—we settled on 'grandiose' and 'magnificent' instead, which is why you'll rarely see 'grandevous' outside historical texts.
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