dormeuse
AmericanEtymology
Origin of dormeuse
1725–35; < French; feminine of dormeur sleeper; see dormant, -euse
Example Sentences
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To complete our misfortune, the dormeuse, which seemed to have taken a fancy to embark on the Moselle for Metz, barely escaped an overturn.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe
It was neither a lounger nor a dormeuse, nor a Cooper, nor a Nelson, nor a Kangaroo: a chair without a name would never do; in all things fashionable a name is more than half.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
It was neither a lounger, nor a dormeuse, nor a Cooper, nor a Nelson, nor a kangaroo: a chair without a name would never do; in all things fashionable the name is more than half.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 10 by Edgeworth, Maria
No one was in the breakfast-parlour when Fleda came down, so she took her book and the dormeuse, and had an hour of luxurious quiet before anybody appeared.
From Queechy, Volume II by Warner, Susan
Schlafratte; it is not a corruption of Fr. dormeuse; Skeat suggests a connexion with Icel. d�r, benumbed, cf.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various
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