Recamier

¹

[rey-kuh-myey]

noun

1. a backless day bed of the Directoire and Empire periods, having raised ends of equal height.

Récamier

²

[rey-ka-myey]

noun

1. Madame Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Bernard, 1777–1849, French social leader in the literary and political circles of Paris.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Recamier¹

1920–25; after Madame Récamier ( def. )