baigneuse

[ be-nyœz ]

noun

, French Furniture.

, plural bai·gneuses [be-, nyœz].

1. a day bed of the Empire period, having a back sloping and curving to form a rounded head and foot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baigneuse¹

< French: literally, bather (feminine)

Example Sentences

His picture, "La Baigneuse," was simply derided by the critics; there was no drawing, no modelling.

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Come away from there, belle baigneuse; that is no place for you!

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I was as innocent in thought and intention as a baigneuse at Margate.

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Her baigneuse—generally of chiffon and old point lace—has not lost a curve.

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And no one thought to ask for the end of the adventure which the belle baigneuse had begun to narrate.

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