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noun
The women's quarters in a household; (hence, loosely) any building or area for women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ancient-Rome
Qualifier: Ancient Greece
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Synonyms: gynaeconitis
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noun
An establishment in Rome where female workers made clothing and furniture for royalty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
A gynoecium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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History
Borrowed from Latin gynaecēum, gynaecīum, from Ancient Greek γυναικεῖον (gunaikeîon), from γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) (stem: γῠναικ- (gŭnaik-)) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).
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