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

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche