boudoir

[ boo-dwahr, -dwawr ]
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noun
  1. a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.

Origin of boudoir

1
1775–85; <French: literally, a sulking place (boud(er) to sulk + -oir-ory2)

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boudoir

/ (ˈbuːdwɑː, -dwɔː) /


noun
  1. a woman's bedroom or private sitting room

Origin of boudoir

1
C18: from French, literally: room for sulking in, from bouder to sulk

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