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oubliette

[ oo-blee-et ]

noun

  1. a secret dungeon with an opening only in the ceiling, as in certain old castles.


oubliette

/ ËŒ³Ü˲ú±ôɪˈɛ³Ù /

noun

  1. a dungeon, the only entrance to which is through the top
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of oubliette1

1810–20; < French, Middle French, equivalent to oubli ( er ) to forget, Old French oblider < Vulgar Latin *´Ç²ú±ôÄ«³ÙÄå°ù±ð, derivative of Latin ´Ç²ú±ôÄ«³Ù³Ü²õ (past participle of ´Ç²ú±ôÄ«±¹Ä«²õ³¦Ä« to forget; oblivion ) + Middle French -ette -ette
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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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