Anti-room

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of anteroom. alt-of, obsolete

    "[G]oing to her own apartments, which conſiſted of a large anti-room that divided her dreſſing room and bed room from that where her children were, ſhe bade her woman who ſlept in the latter, go to bed, ſaying ſhe herſelf ſhould not to night ſit up to read, as was very frequently her cuſtom."

Example

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"[G]oing to her own apartments, which conſiſted of a large anti-room that divided her dreſſing room and bed room from that where her children were, ſhe bade her woman who ſlept in the latter, go to bed, ſaying ſhe herſelf ſhould not to night ſit up to read, as was very frequently her cuſtom."

Etymology

From anti- (“before”) + room.

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