cubicle
[kyoo-bi-kuh l]
- a small space or compartment partitioned off.
- carrel(def 1).
- a bedroom, especially one of a number of small ones in a divided dormitory, as in English public schools.
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Origin of cubicle
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Examples from the Web for cubicle
Contemporary Examples
Sure, your cubicle mate, neighbor, and aunt all own a Fitbit or JawBone fitness tracker.
Bronze skin and corn-colored hair have faded into cubicle complexions and cowlicks.
Your cubicle mates pouring over their brackets with all of the serious intent and fevered diligence of Talmudic scholars.
More than likely pushing buttons on a PC at a desk in a cubicle, answering phones, managing deadlines, and going to meetings.
She seems to believe that enough employees are goofing off at home that she should bring them off the cloud and into the cubicle.
Historical Examples
The white curtain walls of the cubicle contracted, closed in on her.
Life and Death of Harriett FreanMay Sinclair
Bill Dickson strolled over from the direction of his own cubicle.
Dogfight--1973Dallas McCord Reynolds
Then I got to my feet and wearily opened the door of my cubicle.
Dogfight--1973Dallas McCord Reynolds
When John Storm awoke in his cubicle next morning he saw his way clearer.
The ChristianHall Caine
You traversed these like a convict, speaking to no one, and entered your own cubicle.
GigoloEdna Ferber
cubicle
- a partially or totally enclosed section of a room, as in a dormitory
- an indoor construction designed to house individual cattle while allowing them free access to silage
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Word Origin
C15: from Latin cubiculum, from cubāre to lie down, lie asleep
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Word Origin and History for cubicle
n.
mid-15c., "bedroom," from Latin cubiculum "bedroom," from cubare "to lie down," originally "bend oneself," from PIE root *keu(b)- "to bend, turn." With Latin -clom, suffix denoting place. Obsolete from 16c. but revived 19c. for "dormitory sleeping compartment," sense of "any partitioned space" (such as a library carrel or, later, office work station) is first recorded 1926.
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