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anti-room

noun

Etymology

From anti- (“before”) + room.

  1. inherited from *(H)rewH-✻ — “to root; to rip, tear”
  2. inherited from *rūmą✻ — “room”
  3. inherited from *rūm✻ — “room”
  4. inherited from rūm — “room, space”
  5. inherited from roum — “room, space”
  6. prefixed as anti-room — “anti + room”

Definitions

  1. Obsolete form of anteroom.

    • [H]e walked into the anti-room—the most delightful perfumes scented the apartments from large and rich vases, which stood at small distances from each other.
    • One entered into a dark anti-room, and after that into a small corridor or passage, then there were two rooms, and after the two rooms the sleeping-room.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA