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seraglio

noun
/səˈɹæljoʊ/US

Etymology

From Italian serraglio, from Vulgar Latin *serrāculum, from a late form of Latin serāre (“lock up, close”), from sera (“lock, bolt”). The Italian word was used (because of phonetic similarity) to translate Turkish saray (“palace”). Compare serai, serail.

  1. derived from serāre
  2. derived from *serrāculum✻
  3. borrowed from serraglio

Definitions

  1. A palace of a sultan.

  2. A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.

  3. The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish…

    The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A brothel or place of debauchery.

    2. An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.

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