ensconced

[en-skonst]

adjective

1. settled securely or snugly.

   The old house still has its original, elaborately ensconced fuse box, with an oak frame, decorative wrought-iron bosses, and a clear glass panel.

   The only people hurt by education reform are teachers who aren't up to snuff and ensconced administrators who can’t justify their existence.

2. sheltered or hidden.

   Sieges of fortified positions have been used since time immemorial to starve, demoralize, and physically weaken the ensconced combatants.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of ensconce.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ensconced¹

ensconce ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

On a recent weekday, the country’s leading legal lexicographer was ensconced among the 4,500 some-odd dictionaries that fill his Dallas home, revising the entry for the adjective “calculated” ahead of Black’s 13th Edition.

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His wife, Patty, was ensconced in a coordinating suit, hers brown, his green.

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But in some ways, Maduro is more safely ensconced than ever, with most opposition leaders in exile and Venezuelans too fearful to protest as they once did.

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Most supporters are firmly ensconced in the world of white evangelicalism, which is famously alienating to most everyone outside it.

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But through the legal process he spent as little time at court as possible, ensconced instead in the safety and privacy of his home.

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• sheltered