单词 | closet of curiosities |
释义 | > as lemmascloset of curiosities b. A place (whether in the form of a cupboard or of a room) where valuables are securely kept; (in later use more usually) a repository of curiosities (in later use esp. as closet of curiosities), often intended for display. Cf. cabinet n. 3b, 1a(a). Now rare and historical.china-closet: see china adj. and n.2 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > cupboard or cabinet > [noun] > for keeping or displaying valuables cabinetc1550 closet?1553 court-cupboard1599 court-table1629 cabinet-box1663 ?1553 tr. Pope Pius II Hist. Ladye Lucres & Eurialus sig. D.ivv Than quod Lucres there is by the bed a darke closette [L. latibulum] where bee Iuels. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear x. 11 I haue lockt the letter in my closet . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. ii. 130 But heere's a Parchment..I found it in his Closset, 'tis his Will. View more context for this quotation 1659 E. Ashmole Diary (1774) 326 Mr. Tradescant and his wife told me they had been long considering upon whom to bestow their closet of curiosities when they died. 1681 Marquis of Halifax Seasonable Addr. Houses of Parl. conc. Succession 10 The late House of Commons have..seiz'd Closets and Writings without Information. 1708 J. Chamberlayne Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia (ed. 22) ii. i. iii. 375 Silver coins..still preserved in the closets of the curious. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 153 A closet full of pieces of rock crystal. 1853 Leisure Hour 1 Sept. 571/2 There never was anything substantial about the building... What a closet full of curiosities it was once. 1999 J. T. Cliffe World Country House ii. 45 In some country houses there was a cabinet or closet of curiosities which often testified to the owner's scholarly disposition. < as lemmas |
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