recamier

See also: récamier

English

Portrait of Madame Récamier by Jacques-Louis David (1800, Louvre)

Alternative forms

• récamier

Etymology

Borrowed from French récamier, named after the 19th century French socialite Juliette Récamier.

Noun

recamier (plural recamiers)

1. An old-fashioned couch with headrest and footrest.
   • 2008, Linda L. Richards, Death Was the Other Woman: A Mystery, →ISBN:

     When it read five thirty and no one had come into the room, I got off the recamier and quietly started to work.

Anagrams

• creamier, rearmice