Purlieu \PUR-loo\, noun:
1. A place where one may range at large; confines or bounds.
2. A person's haunt or resort.
3. An outlying district or region, as of a town or city.
4. A piece of land on the edge of a forest, originally land that, after having been included in a royal forest, was restored to private ownership, though still subject, in some respects, to the operation of the forest laws.
~Welcome to my purlieu. I like that!~
Purlieu... now, that's interesting. I must be confusing it with purview... a word I have seen used for a long time.
ReplyDeleteYep, purview I'm familiar with, but purlieu was a new one for me. I like it though...I can see it being used by a suave gentleman. ;)
ReplyDelete"Welcome to my purlieu, my darling."
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