Disfurnished

/dɪsˈfɜːrnɪʃt/ adjective

Definition

Lacking furniture or equipment; stripped of furnishings or necessities.

Etymology

Past participle of disfurnish used as an adjective. Describes the state of having had furnishings removed or of being bare and unequipped.

Kelly Says

A 'disfurnished room' would have sounded dramatically bleak to people in the 1500s-1600s, when having proper furniture was a sign of status—so this word carried more emotional weight than simply saying 'empty' does today.

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