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noun
A bedroom, or any room used for fornication; often a small podlike room within a larger fornication-related establishment; in modern times, mainly found in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
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History
From Latin fornicātiō, from fornix (“brothel”). The ending comes from words such as ciborium and emporium, both Greek loanwords.
