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escritoire
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es·cri·toire  (skr-twär)
n.
1. A writing table; a desk.
2. A desk with a top section for books.
[Obsolete French, from Old French escriptoire, study, from Medieval Latin scrptrium; see scriptorium.]
escritoire [ess-kree-twahr]
Noun
a writing desk with compartments and drawers [Medieval Latin scriptorium writing room in a monastery]
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Noun1.escritoireescritoire - a desk used for writing
secretaire, writing table, secretary
desk - a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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51) Theodore Hoppen observes: "The characteristic mid-Victorian liking for clutter required increasing expenditure on tables, chairs, sideboards, chiffoniers, escritoires, pianos, dumb waiters, (all covered with tasseled velvet cloths and runners), upon Staffordshire figurines, Doulton china, brass candlesticks, coal-scuttles, papier-mache models, vases, stuffed birds, wax fruit, and framed photographs.
"The sublime of the bazaar": a moment in the making of a consumer ... by Gurney, Peter J. / Journal of Social History
In this case the escritoire's displacements underscore its status as a portable object; Furetiere notes that "[i]l y a de grandes escritoires de cabinet, de petites escritoires pour la poche.
Pastoral Palimpsest: Writing the Laws of Love in L'Astree by MEDING, TWYLA / Renaissance Quarterly
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