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oubliette
[ oo-blee-et ]
noun
- a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.
oubliette
/ ËŒ³Ü˲ú±ôɪˈɛ³Ù /
noun
- a dungeon, the only entrance to which is through the top
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of oubliette1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of oubliette1
C19: from French, from oublier to forget
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Example Sentences
He was not in the oubliette for long.
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A Morris oubliette means restraint into perfect immobility.
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Let the novel open like an oubliette under your feet.
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I let myself have a brief fantasy of Prince Dain’s coronation, of me dancing with a grinning Locke while Cardan is dragged away and thrown in a dark oubliette.
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Of our prejudices against the Puritans, she writes: “Stigma is a vast oubliette.â€
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