BEDROOM
(also see HOUSE)
ADJECTIVES
1611 ► CUBICULAR belonging to a bedchamber
1646 ► CUBICULARY belonging to a bedchamber → obs.
1715 ► CUBICULOUS pert. to a bedchamber → obs.
1865 ► BEDROOMY characteristic of a bedroom → colloq.
NOUNS
1483 ► CUBICLE a bedchamber → obs.
1594 ► CABIN a bedroom, a boudoir → obs.
1616 ► CUBICULO a bedchamber → obs.
1676 ► LADY BOWER a woman’s bedroom or private room
1676 ► RUELLE a bedroom where ladies of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, especially in France, held a morning reception of persons of distinction; hence a reception of this kind
1832 ► CUBICULUM a sleeping chamber
1887 ► CUBICULE a bedchamber
1897 ► BEDDER a bedroom → university sl.
1940 ► NOD-BOX a bedroom → African-American sl.
1942 ► CRUM BOX → CRUMB BOX a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► DOSS a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLEA BOX a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► FLOP ROOM a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HOLY OF HOLIES a bedroom → Amer. sl (Bk.).
1942 ► KIP a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► LOUSE-CAGE a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► NASAL CROONER’S BROADCASTING STATION a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► ROOST a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► ROOSTING PLACE a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SANCTUM SANCTORIUM a bedroom → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1976 ► FLOP BOX a bedroom, a hotel room, lodgings → US sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1382 ► CUBICULARY an attendant in a bedchamber; a groom of the bedchamber; a chamberlain → obs.
1425 ► CUBICULAR an attendant in a bedchamber; a groom of the bedchamber; a chamberlain → chiefly Sc., obs.