sitting room en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(UK, especially) A room in a house where people (residents or guests) pass the time in leisure.
Near-synonyms: living room, living-room, parlour, parlor, lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), front room, drawing room
“[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Fate of the Artemis”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sitting rooms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sitting-room | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Florida room · playroom · family room · bedsit · sunroom · Arizona room · den · rec room
Deriveds
Hypernyms
room · location · site · place · space
Synonyms
sitter · zitkamer · lounge · parlor · parlour · front room · living room · living-room · lounge room · drawing room · loungeroom