garret
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ɪt noun
an attic, usually a small, wretched one.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English garite watchtower < Old French garite, guerite watchtower, derivative of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison
1300–50; Middle English garite watchtower < Old French garite, guerite watchtower, derivative of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison
Related forms
gar·ret·ed, adjective
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| —n | |
| another word for attic | |
| [C14: from Old French garite watchtower, from garir to protect, of Germanic origin; see | |
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Word Origin & History
garret
c.1300, "turret," from O.Fr. garite "watchtower, place of refuge," from garir "defend, preserve," from a Gmc. source (cf. Goth. warjan "forbid," O.H.G. warjan "to defend"), from P.Gmc. *warjanan, from PIE base *wer- "to cover" (see warrant). Meaning "room on uppermost floor
of a house" is from late 15c. See attic.
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Example sentences
Friends and family despair as a once promising life is wasted on dead-end jobs and long nights by the candle in a drafty garret.
But she is maddeningly cheerful at the idea of having to live in a garret.
Above the third story there was a garret where the linen was hung to dry, and a couple of attics.
The unrecognized genius who dies alone in a garret is largely a myth.
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