单词 | by-room |
释义 | by-roomn. A side or private room; a smaller room opening out of another. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > outlying room outchamberc1475 by-room1598 outroom1602 by-chamber1853 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 29 Doe thou stande in some by-roome, while I question my puny drawer. View more context for this quotation c1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iii. 545 Himself lay in a by-room, far above. 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Cabbage Lay them in some Cellar or by-room. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. By-room, a private room within another. [Also in mod. Dicts.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1598 |
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