ensconce

== English == === Etymology === From en- +‎ sconce, “to place in a sconce (“fortification”)”. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnˈskɒns/ (US) enPR: ĭn-skäns', IPA(key): /ɛnˈskɑns/ Rhymes: -ɒns === Verb === ensconce (third-person singular simple present ensconces, present participle ensconcing, simple past and past participle ensconced) (transitive) To place in a secure environment. (intransitive or transitive) To settle comfortably. ==== Usage notes ==== Particularly used in the form ensconced, as in “she was ensconced in an armchair.” ==== Synonyms ==== (settle comfortably): cuddle up ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “ensconce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ensconce”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “ensconce”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “ensconce”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.