dormeuse

[ French dawr-mœz ]

noun

1. mobcap.
2. Obsolete. a nightcap.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dormeuse¹

1725–35; < French; feminine of dormeur sleeper; dormant, -euse

Example Sentences

He mentioned as an example Phillips’s $57.8 million sale of Picasso’s “La Dormeuse” last March.

From New York Times

The two young ladies who sat in the dormeuse, Mademoiselle Hortense and Madame Lavalette, were rival candidates for a bottle of Eau de Cologne; and every now and then the amiable M. Rapp made the carriage stop for the comfort of his poor little sick heart, which overflowed with bile; in fact, he was obliged to take to bed on arriving at Epernay, while the rest of the amiable party tried to drown their sorrows 227 in champagne.

From Project Gutenberg

To complete our misfortune, the dormeuse, which seemed to have taken a fancy to embark on the Moselle for Metz, barely escaped an overturn.

From Project Gutenberg

"You will find it very cold," said Lady Ida, with a trifle of embarrassment, nestling herself in her dormeuse in her warm bright nest among the exotics.

From Project Gutenberg

She made him sit down on the dormeuse at the foot of their bed.

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