Biedermeier
/ˈbiːdəˌmʌɪə
/adjective
Denoting or relating to a style of furniture and interior decoration current in Germany in the period 1815–48, characterized by restraint, conventionality, and utilitarianism.Despite regional variations Biedermeier style is therefore staid, sober, and particular, eschewing heroics and drama....
- Transparent enameled beakers in the Biedermeier style were manufactured in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
- Built in the Empire and Biedermeier styles, the grounds include a turf-roofed sauna and a chapel dating from 1925.
Origin
From the name of Gottlieb Biedermaier, a fictitious German provincial schoolmaster and poet created by L. Eichrodt (1854).
- nursery class
- nursery education
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- nursery girl
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- nursery language
- nursery-maid
- nurseryman
- nursery meal
- nursery nurse
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- nursery rhyme
- nursery school
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- nursery word
- nurse's aide
- nurse shark
- nurses' home
- nurses' station