lodgings

lodgings

English

Noun

lodgings

1. plural of lodging

Noun

lodgings pl (plural only)

1. A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.

2. An official residence.

Synonyms

• digs (colloquial)

Translations

A room or set of rooms in another person's house where a person lodges.

Finnish: luukku (fi), boksi (fi) Hungarian: albérlet (hu) Irish: lóistín m

Latin: hospitium n Manx: aaght m Russian: жильё (ru) n (žilʹjo), жили́ще (ru) n (žilíšče), берло́га (ru) f (berlóga)

Anagrams

• doglings, godlings, goldings, sling dog