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Webster 1913 Edition
Hothouse
Hot′houseˊ
,Noun.
1.
A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened.
2.
A bagnio, or bathing house.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
A brothel; a bagnio.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
4.
(Pottery)
A heated room for drying green ware.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hothouse
HOT'HOUSE
,Noun.
1.
A bagnio, or place to sweat and cup in.2.
A brothel.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
hothouse (plural hothouses)
- A heated greenhouse.
- (figuratively) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.
- (obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, II. i. 64:
- and now she professes a / hot-house, which I think is a very ill house too.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ben Jonson to this entry?)
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure, for Measure, II. i. 64:
- A heated room for drying greenware.
Translations
heated greenhouse
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environment that encourages development
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brothel — see brothel
heated room for drying greenware
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Verb
hothouse (third-person singular simple present hothouses, present participle hothousing, simple past and past participle hothoused)
- (of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.