belvedere

plural belvederes

1. architectureA turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.

   The most important thing, she reflected, as she stood on the balcony of the Mairie which formed a most useful belvedere over the town, was to make her appearance as commonplace and down at heel as possible […].

   1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 761

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   “One evening,” she went on, “while Madame Orio was fast asleep in her little belvedere (it being the good old lady's habit to repair there to rest after a bottle or two of red Padua wine), Manette and Marton left the widow's house noiselessly in the Campo San Zobenigo, and made their way running towards the Piazza of St. Mark's.”

   1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 57

   Three castellated (with battlements) towers stand sentry here, with one being particularly large. This is said to have been used by Rhodes as a belvedere, and (according to some sources) by railway staff for some time after opening.

   2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46

2. Summer cypress (Bassia scoparia)

1. A suburban area in the borough of Bexley, Greater London, England, historically in Kent (OS grid ref TQ4978).
2. A western suburb of Bathgate, West Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9669).
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A small city in Marin County, California.
   2. An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware.
   3. A populated place in Jefferson County, Ohio.
   4. A census-designated place in Aiken County, South Carolina.
4. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
5. A place in Canada:
   1. A locality in Alberta.
   2. A neighbourhood in south-east Calgary, Alberta.
   3. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta.
6. A locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, northern Queensland, Australia.
7. A neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.
8. A suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe.

present singular third person Belvederes · participle present Belvedering · participle past Belvedered · past Belvedered

1. humorousslangTo sit painfully on one's testicles.

   Great, and after that you can clean my pants up coz I just Mr. Belvedered myself. Google it.

   2008, Caleb Meurer, “Red October Sky”, in American Dad

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   [You slept with] Lutz? Is that even possible? I mean, I was there when he Belvedered. God, Abby, you can't be that desperate for male attention.

   2011, Ron Weiner, “TGS Hates Women”, in 30 Rock, spoken by Liz Lemon (Tina Fey)

   The rumor has two endings... that he yelled so loudly that the light above the table in the room shook or that he was carried out on a stretcher. 'Aaargh! I just Belvedered myself!'

   2025 February 13, S.E. Shephard, “Getting to the Bottom of the Funniest SNL-Related Story Ever Told”, in on3