tete-a-tete
tete-a-tete is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 39 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A short sofa intended to accomodate two persons.
- 2.Private; confidential; familiar. She avoided tête-à-tête walks with him. C. Kingsley.
- 3.Face to face; privately or confidentially; familiarly. Prior.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- biformity
- binary
- binate
- binomial
- biparous
- biplicity
- both
- brace
- bracket
- conduplicate
- conjugate
- conjugation
- couple
- deuce
- double
- doublets
- dual
- dualism
- dualistic
- duality
- duet
- duplex
- duplicity
- dyad
- dyadic
- gemini
- mate
- one
- other
- pair
- polarity
- span
- the
- twin
- two
- unijugate
- unite
- yoke
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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