parlor


2parlor

adj

Definition of PARLOR

1
: used in or suitable for a parlor <parlor furniture>
2
a : fostered or advocated in comfortable seclusion without consequent action or application to affairs <parlor bolshevism> b : given to or characterized by fostering or advocating something (as a doctrine) in such a manner <parlor socialist>

First Known Use of PARLOR

1552

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