boudoir

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.

Simplified etymology

Boudoir entered English from French in the late 18th century and literally means “sulking place.”

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

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