boudoir

C2 Topic:House & Home
US /buˈdwɑɹ/ UK /ˈbuːdwɑː/
noun Freq #26127

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.

    The Duchesse's boudoir was fitted up in a style of luxury utterly different from anything before familiar to the Carraras.

  2. 2
    noun

    a lady's bedroom or private sitting room

  3. 3
    noun

    An army tent.

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Related forms boody

Etymology

Borrowed from French boudoir, from bouder (“to sulk”), of Germanic origin.

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