Associations to the word «Oubliette»

Wiktionary

OUBLIETTE, noun. A dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top. [from 18th c.]

Dictionary definition

OUBLIETTE, noun. A dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca