dormeuse

[ French dawr-mœz ]

noun

1. mobcap.
2. Obsolete. a nightcap.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dormeuse¹

1725–35; < French; feminine of dormeur sleeper; dormant, -euse

Example Sentences

Philip was about to enter his own chaise, when a dormeuse-and-four drove up to the inn-door to change horses.

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Touching her resolutely but tenderly, he placed her on the dormeuse beside him.

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She made him sit down on the dormeuse at the foot of their bed.

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