liseuse

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noun

A medium-sized writing table with a small hinged panel in the middle that springs up by the aid of a mechanism or may be propped at an angle to facilitate reading or writing.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

nounliseuse (plural liseuses)

plural liseuses

  1. A medium-sized writing table with a small hinged panel in the middle that springs up by the aid of a mechanism or may be propped at an angle to facilitate reading or writing.

Origin

  1. Frenchliseuse
  2. Frenchliseuse
  3. Englishliseuse

Borrowed from French liseuse.

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Cite this entry
APA

liseuse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liseuse

MLA

“liseuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liseuse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “liseuse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/liseuse.

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