bedroomn.

Brit.

/ˈbɛdruːm/,

/ˈbɛdrʊm/, U.S.

/ˈbɛdˌrum/,

/ˈbɛdˌrʊm/

Etymology: see room n.¹ and int.

1. Room in bed, sleeping room or space. rare.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > place to sleep

beda1300

bedding1393

libken1567

bedroom1600

snooze1819

pad1914

skipper1925

crash pad1939

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. ii. 57 Then, by your side, no bed-roome me deny.

2. A room used or intended to contain a bed or beds; a sleeping apartment. (Now in common use instead of the earlier bedchamber n.)

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > bedroom

clevec825

bedchamberc1390

wardrobea1400

kuchiez kotec1400

garderobe?c1450

cubicle1483

pallet chambera1535

bed-place1566

kitchen chamber1573

bedroom1600

cubiculoa1616

lodginga1616

lodging-room1615

bower1674

ruelle1676

lodging-chambera1684

common chamber1684

sleeping-room1699

hall-bedroom1738

berth1806

bunk-room1855

bed-house1881

cubicule1887

bedder1897

bed1926

sleeping-platform1935

roomette1937

single1963

maid-room1992

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. v. 22 On the other side of the kitchin shall be the farmers bed-roome.

1786 R. E. Raspe Gulliver Revived (ed. 3) 14 The windows of my bed room.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 73 The gentlemen of the retinue..were..thrust into a single bedroom.

3. In extended use, usually implying sexual relationship; sexy.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > [adjective]

fleshlyc900

carnala1500

physical1778

sexual1809

pandemian1818

pandemica1822

sexful1894

sexy1923

bedroom1924

1915 E. Pound in Lett. J. Joyce (1966) II. 366 Bed rooms scenes where the audience can be tittivated, eroticised.]

1924 M. Arlen Green Hat iv. 112 I thought the editor might take objection to certain passages, as there is some strong bedroom stuff in it.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) ii. 41 Here a dean sits Making bedroom eyes at a beef steak.

1953 Time 6 July 72/1 It has also been described as a bedroom farce set in a living room.

1959 M. Chamberlin Dear Friends & Darling Romans (1960) iv. 41 Italians are bedroom-eyed gigolos.

1967 J. Potter Foul Play i. 11 George's wife had blue bedroom eyes.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

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1813 R. Southey Life Nelson I. i. 7 He was lowered down at night from the bed-room window by some sheets.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ix. 208 The Antiquary took up a bedroom candlestick of massive silver and antique form.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 211 Brass bedroom candlesticks.

1905 F. H. Burnett Little Princess viii. 120 She shuffled across the attic in her bedroom slippers.

1938 J. Cary Castle Corner 455 He had a full inventory of the marriage chamber, including the bedroom china, decorated with primroses.

1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 80 For bedroom cushions finer fabrics and technique could be used.

Derivatives

ˈbedroomed adj. having a bedroom.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [adjective] > bedroom

cubicular1611

cubiculary1646

cubiculous1715

bedroomed1865

bedroomy1866

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Apr. 3 Eight and nine people were found in the single bedroomed houses.

ˈbedroomy adj. colloquial characteristic of a bedroom.

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