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bou⋅doir

  [boo-dwahr, -dwawr]
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–noun
a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
Origin:
1775–85; < F: lit., a sulking place (boud(er) to sulk + -oir -ory 2 )
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bou·doir   (bōō'dwär', -dwôr')   
n.  A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.

[French, from Old French bouder, to sulk.]
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boudoir 
1777, "room where a lady may retire to be alone," from Fr., lit. "pouting room," from bouder "to pout, sulk," which, like pout, is probably of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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