See Also: indifferency(dictionary)

scullery (oh) and indifferency (iou)


scullery (oh)



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[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: escuelerie '(room for) cleaning and storing of dishes', from escuelle 'bowl', from Latin scutella; SCUTTLE2]
a room next to the kitchen in a large house, where cleaning Jobs were done in past times

indifferency (iou)



indifferency noun. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
[Latin indifferentia, from indifferent-: see INDIFFERENT, -ENCY.]
= INDIFFERENCE 2. LME.
= INDIFFERENCE 6. M16-L17.
Lack of difference in Nature or character; substantial equivalence. M16.
= INDIFFERENCE 5. M16.
Ambiguity, equivocality. L16.
= INDIFFERENCE 3. E17.