English Explanatory Dictionary

cabinet of curiosities

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of Wunderkammer.

Word forms

cabinet of curiosities cabinets of curiosities

Etymology

Calque of German Wunderkammer (“room of wonders”); cabinet is intended in the (obsolete) sense "chamber, private room."

Synonyms

Wunderkammer
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