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Added 9 October 2026

escritoire

/ˌɛskɹiˈtwɑː/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about escritoire at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A desk used for writing.

Origin

From French escritoire, from escrire (“to write”) (obsolete forms of écritoire and écrire, respectively) + -oire (“a tool or object”). Doublet of scriptorium.

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