BIEDERMEIER


Meaning of BIEDERMEIER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbē-dər-ˌmī(-ə)r ]

adjective

Etymology: after Gottlieb Biedermeier, satirical name for an uninspired German bourgeois

Date: 1905

: of a style of unostentatious furniture and interior decoration popular especially with the middle class in early 19th century Germany

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