Definitions
Apartment or space on the top floor of a building.
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman pentiz (“pentice”), from apendiz (“appentice”), ultimately from a suffixed form of Latin appendō (“to append”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be a compound of house. Doublet of appentice and pentice.
Used in a sentence
“At length, recommending himself to God, he let go one end of his cord, and suffered himself to fall down upon an old shed or penthouse, which, with the weight of his body, fell in with great noise.”
“The proboscis […] is doubled up by means of the joint, and in that position lies secure under a scaly penthouse.”
“Night of January 16th is the story of a woman on trial for pushing her wealthy boss-lover from a Manhattan penthouse.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Rooftop flat”9 letters
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