salotton.
/saˈlɒtəʊ//səˈlɒtəʊ/ In Italy, a drawing-room, reception room; a lounge.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > reception room
guest-hallc1325
public room1617
common chamber1653
salon1699
reception room1788
majlis1821
mandarah1836
guesten hall1864
guesten chamber1870
recep.1900
salone1902
reception1909
salotto1918
1918 G. Frankau One of Them xii. 87 Can we repay those..midnight cocktails of your flowered salotti.
1924 D. H. Lawrence in M. Magnus Mem. Foreign Legion 51 So we went into the salotta. ‘Oh, what a beautiful room,’ he cried.
1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xxvii. 126 In the salotto of that drummer's hotel.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Jan. 38/3 Her prototype..can always be found in the cheerless salotto of a certain kind of Florentine pension.
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