oubliette (noun)

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• oubliette — ► NOUN ▪ a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling. ORIGIN French, from oublier forget …   English terms dictionary

• oubliette — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, from oublier to forget, from Old French oblier, from Vulgar Latin *oblitare, frequentative of Latin oblivisci to forget more at oblivion Date: 1819 a dungeon with an opening only at the top …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• oubliette — noun /uːblɪˈɛt/ A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top …   Wiktionary

• oubliette — noun (C) a small room or prison in an old castle where prisoners were kept …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Oubliette — An oubliette (from the French oubliettes (noun plural)) was a form of dungeon which was accessible only from a hatch in a high ceiling.HistoryTo exit an oubliette was nearly impossible without outside help. The word comes from the same root as… …   Wikipedia

• oubliette — ou|bli|ette [ ,ubli et ] noun count a small room in an old castle, used for keeping prisoners in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• oubliette — [ˌu:blɪ ɛt] noun a secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling. Origin C18: from Fr., from oublier forget …   English new terms dictionary

• oubliette — /ubliˈɛt/ (say oohblee et) noun a secret dungeon with an opening only at the top, as in certain old castles. {French, from oublier forget, from Roman oblītāre, from Latin oblīviscī} …  

• cell — noun 1) a prison cell Syn: room, cubicle, chamber; dungeon, oubliette, lockup 2) each cell of the honeycomb Syn: compartment, cavity, hole, hollow, section 3) …   Thesaurus of popular words

• dungeon — noun the castle dungeon is now a tourist attraction Syn: underground prison, oubliette; cell, jail, lockup …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Diminutive — In language structure, a diminutive,[1] or diminutive form (abbreviated dim), is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment.[2][3] It… …   Wikipedia