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单词 escritoire
释义

escritoiren.

/ɛskriːˈtwɑː//ˈɛskrɪtwɔː/
Forms: 1700s escrutore, 1700s–1800s escrutoire, escritoir, (1700s escretore, escritore, 1800s escretoire), 1700s– escritoire.
Etymology: < French escritoire (now écritoire) writing-case, writing-desk < late Latin scrīptōrium apparatus or place for writing, < scrībĕre to write.The aphetic forms scritore , scrutoire n., occur in 17th cent.
A writing-desk constructed to contain stationery and documents; in early use, often one of a portable size; more recently, chiefly applied to a larger piece of furniture, a bureau or secretary.
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writing desk1598
writing tablea1613
scritory1616
scrutoire1665
scriptor1666
bureau1698
escritoire1707
secretaire1771
secretary1803
bonheur du jour1820
table desk1820
bureau plat1887
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Escriptoire, a penner.]
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem v. 72 Captain Gibbet..had made bold..with your Study and Escritore.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. iii. 40 She..accordingly departed herself, having first broken open my Escrutore . View more context for this quotation
1749 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 96 The scrutore in the middle of this chamber, contains a most magnificent collection of ancient and modern medals.
1754 Stow's Survey of London (ed. 6) I. iii. vi. 598/2 Chests of drawers, Escrutores, Tables, and such like Joinery Wares.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxiv. 203 In the large shining mahogany escrutoire Mr. Osborne had a drawer especially devoted to his son's affairs and papers.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. ix. 277 An escritoire in the Sherraton style.
attributive.1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xvii. 181 There was a chest of drawers with an escrutoire top.

Derivatives

escriˈtorial adj. of or pertaining to an escritoire.Apparently an isolated use.
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escritorial1785
1785 W. Cowper Let. 19 Mar. (1981) II. 333 One more circumstance..will impress you..with a sense of the value we set upon its Escritorial capacity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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