boudoir

[ boo-dwahr, -dwawr ]

/ ˈbu dwɑr, -dwɔr /

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noun

a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.

Words nearby boudoir

boudeuse, boudicca, boudin, boudin blanc, boudin noir, boudoir, boudoir grand, bouffant, bouffe, bougainville, bougainvillea

Origin of boudoir

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

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The boudoir was a large room, repeating on a bigger scale the incongruousness and ill fitting splendor of the others.
A Sappho of Green Springs|Bret Harte
Perhaps this pleasant apartment was once the boudoir of a favorite daughter, who busied herself with painting and verse.
Pompeii, Its Life and Art|August Mau
She consulted the glass once more—gave one or two corrective touches to her hair and her cap—and hastened into the boudoir.
My Lady's Money|Wilkie Collins

And without giving Serge time to answer him, Herzog reached the boudoir where his daughter was waiting with impatience.
Serge Panine, Complete|Georges Ohnet
He was the detective who had been left in charge of the boudoir, and he carried a strange-looking object.
The Curved Blades|Carolyn Wells

British Dictionary definitions for boudoir

boudoir

/ (ˈbuːdwɑː, -dwɔː) /

noun

a woman's bedroom or private sitting room

Word Origin for boudoir

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

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