settee

[ set-tee ]

noun

1. a seat for two or more persons, having a back and usually arms, and often upholstered.

settee

/ sɛˈtiː /

noun

1. a seat, for two or more people, with a back and usually with arms

Word History and Origins

Origin of settee¹

First recorded in 1710–20; perhaps variant of settle ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of settee¹

C18: changed from settle ²

Example Sentences

An with that I laid down on the settee, an felt orful bad, an the more I tho't about it, the wus I felt.

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"It's good of you to drop in," he said, after he had fixed me in his own comfortable chair and drawn up the settee for himself.

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Drawing the settee closer to the light, he opened the great volume across his knees and adjusted his spectacles.

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I have forgotten a companionable cat who each morning takes her seat on the long leather settee beside me and shares my crescents.

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She avoided his ardent gaze, but he moved to the settee beside her and looked into the bewitching face.

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Related Words

• love seat
• sofa