escritoire

[ es-kri-twahr ]

noun

1. writing desk ( def 1 ).

escritoire

/ ˌɛskrɪˈtwɑː /

noun

1. a writing desk with compartments and drawers, concealed by a hinged flap, on a chest of drawers or plain stand

Word History and Origins

Origin of escritoire¹

1605–15; < French, Middle French < Latin scrīptōrium. See scribe ¹, -tory ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of escritoire¹

C18: from French, from Medieval Latin scriptōrium writing room in a monastery, from Latin scrībere to write

Example Sentences

At one side of the room stood an escritoire, and from a lower drawer therein he took out a small box tightly nailed down.

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He kept them in an escritoire he had brought from Spain, but there were always a few of them lying about in his sitting-room.

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Oliver found him seated at his escritoire, with books and papers spread out before him.

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He tore open the escritoire, and feeling blindly within it, found the key of the chest.

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There are correspondences within this escritoire, worth all the wisdom of all the ministers of earth.

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