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couchee

/kuːˈʃeɪ/

couchee noun: a reception held at bedtime, such as by a royal.

Noun

couchee (plural couchees)

  1. (obsolete) A reception held at bedtime, such as by a royal.
    • None of her sylvan subjects made their court,
      Levees and couchees passed without resort.1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC
    • The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full.a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published...

Forms of couchee

pluralcouchees

Origin of couchee

French couché (“a sleeping place”), from coucher. See couch.

Questions about couchee

What does couchee mean?
Couchee means a reception held at bedtime, such as by a royal.
What part of speech is couchee?
Couchee is a noun.
How do you pronounce couchee?
Couchee is pronounced /kuːˈʃeɪ/.
What is the plural of couchee?
The plural of couchee is couchees.

Words near couchee in the dictionary

  1. couched
  2. couched a hogshead
  3. couched down
  4. couched up
  5. couchedness
  6. couchee
  7. couchees
  8. coucher
  9. couchers
  10. couches
  11. couches a hogshead

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