Etymology

oubliette

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Today it means: A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top. Full definition →

First used 18th c.French oubliette
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromoubliette
  2. English todayoubliette

Borrowed from French oubliette, from oublier (“to forget”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from 18th c. A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.