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boudoir

boudoir

17 7.8
A woman's private bedroom or sitting room, often nicely decorated
  • noun
  • /ˈbuːdwɑːr/
translation icon : cuarto de tocador
  • In her elegantly decorated boudoir, she found solace and inspiration.
  • boudoir photography
  • boudoir pillowcase
  • boudoir pillow

And I think that these boudoir sessions are such an amazing way to do that.

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Examples

  • When her tycoon husband died, she moved back to Savannah and created a... well, a sort of a museum to herself in her boudoir.

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

  • "You'll have your own private boudoir with the strongest lock you ever saw on the door."

    Blog text (27)

  • I found it in her boudoir.

    Marlowe (2023)

  • Shall we to the boudoir?

    Being John Malkovich (1999)

  • And now we go to the boudoir, which is the en suite bedroom.

  • If you're having problems in the boudoir, it's worth a conversation with the old lady.

    Wynken, Blynken & Nod (1938)

  • And now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going into the boudoir to change into something more comfortable.

    Faces (1968)

  • Borsos's painting shows the girls after the masquerade, in their boudoir, their personal space.

    Academic text (2014)

  • Deborah awaits his return in their private boudoir at the very top of the tower.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The first is the last shah's bedroom, a frilly, feminine place modeled on Marie Antoinette's Versailles boudoir.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

bedroom
vsboudoir
∞ 1.0

A room in a house where people sleep

is a private elegant woman's sitting or sleeping area rather than only for sleep
chamber
vsboudoir
229 4.0

A private room used by a person for work or rest

is specifically a woman's private elegant sitting place rather than any private room
sitting room
vsboudoir
  • UK
20 1.6

A room in a house where people sit and talk

is used privately by a woman and stresses elegance not general social use
bedchamber
vsboudoir
  • Archaic
9 7.2

A bedroom in a large or old house

is a private feminine space with elegant furnishings rather than general sleeping quarters
snuggery
vsboudoir
9.9

A small comfortable room for relaxing in private

is more formal and elegant and tied to a woman's private use
bedsitting room
vsboudoir
  • UK
7.2

A single furnished room used as both a living room and a bedroom, often with basic kitchen facilities

is private and elegant for one woman rather than a multiuse basic living space

How Elegant

boudoir
17 7.8
drawing room
  • Archaic
20 4.2
sitting room
  • UK
20 1.6
dressing room
133 1.8
bedroom
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

boudoir singular
boudoirs plural

Etymology

The word boudoir comes from the French word bouder meaning 'to sulk' and the ending -oir meaning 'place'. At first a boudoir was a small private room where a woman could go to be alone, so today it means a woman's private, often elegant, bedroom or sitting room.