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单词 livre de chevet
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livre de chevetn.

Brit. /ˌliːvrə də ʃəˈveɪ/, U.S. /ˌlivrə də ʃəˈveɪ/
Inflections: Plural livres de chevet.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French livre de chevet.
Etymology: < French livre de chevet (1780 or earlier) < livre book (see livret n.) + de de prep. + chevet pillow, head end of the bed, also used with reference to objects kept by the bedside (see chevet n.).The plural form livres de chevet is after the French plural form.
Esp. in French contexts: a bedside book; a favourite book.
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society > communication > book > kind of book > book for specific occasion > [noun] > specific
Christmas book1769
lounging-booka1797
lounge-book1800
railway novel1849
birthday book?1859
livre de chevet1883
bed-book1906
pillow book1906
bedside book1920
bedside literature1920
1883 Fortn. Rev. Oct. 536 A veritable livre de chevet, such as every one would like to have at his bed-head.
1923 A. Huxley On Margin 122 For some days I made Dr. Legat's book my livre de chevet.
1966 J. Schwartz Diderot & Montaigne i. 25 There is abundant evidence to show that Diderot read the Essais early in his career and that they were among his livres de chevet throughout his life.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 5 May 529/2 To restore the Heroides to its rightful place as a livre de chevet for the literary connoisseur.
2009 Hist. Jrnl. 52 1087 The Essais [of Montaigne] were treated not as a complex or enigmatic text, but as a leisurely and companionable livre de chevet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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