bordello

[ bawr-del-oh ]

noun

, plural bor·del·los.

1. a brothel.

bordello

/ bɔːˈdɛləʊ /

noun

1. a brothel Also called (archaic)bordelˈbɔːdəl

Word History and Origins

Origin of bordello¹

1590–1600; < Italian < Old French bordel bordel

Word History and Origins

Origin of bordello¹

C16: from Italian, from Old French borde hut, cabin

Example Sentences

And the vermillion wall covering in the library that seemed very 19th-century bordello.

From The Daily Beast

The Bangkok “fish tank” bordello is glitzy and businesslike.

From The Daily Beast

When Heidi Fleiss announced she was opening a bordello for women, he sent his picture and received a positive response.

From The Daily Beast

Hutz plays A.K., the frontman of a band called, yes, Gogol Bordello, who earns money on the side as a male dominator.

From The Daily Beast

Surely he would have then concluded me as constant at the bordello, as the galley-slave at his oar.

From Project Gutenberg

But as with the bits of coloured glass in the kaleidoscope, the elements of Bordello's mind remain the same.

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Sofas with shabby, mutilated upholstery in bordello scarlet.

From Project Gutenberg

Bordello's youthful genius craves sympathy, and he finds it by investing Nature with fanciful forms and attributes.

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To pass for ever out of and beyond 170one's self is to the artist the lesson of Bordello's story.

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Related Words

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