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escritoire
[ es-kri-twahr ]
escritoire
/ ˌɛskrɪˈtwɑː /
noun
- a writing desk with compartments and drawers, concealed by a hinged flap, on a chest of drawers or plain stand
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Word History and Origins
Origin of escritoire1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of escritoire1
C18: from French, from Medieval Latin scriptōrium writing room in a monastery, from Latin scrībere to write
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Example Sentences
At one side of the room stood an escritoire, and from a lower drawer therein he took out a small box tightly nailed down.
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He kept them in an escritoire he had brought from Spain, but there were always a few of them lying about in his sitting-room.
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Oliver found him seated at his escritoire, with books and papers spread out before him.
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He tore open the escritoire, and feeling blindly within it, found the key of the chest.
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There are correspondences within this escritoire, worth all the wisdom of all the ministers of earth.
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