Definition of Ensconced

1. Adjective. Placed in a secure environment. ¹

2. Adjective. Settled comfortably. ¹

3. Verb. (past of ensconce) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ensconced

1. ensconce [v] - See also: ensconce

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensconced

ensampling
ensanguine
ensanguined
ensanguines
ensanguining
ensate
enscale
enscaled
enscales
enscaling
enschedule
enscheduled
enschedules
enscheduling
ensconce
ensconced (current term)
ensconces
ensconcing
enscroll
enscrolled
enscrolling
enscrolls
enseal
ensealed
ensealing
enseals
enseam
enseamed
enseaming
enseams

Literary usage of Ensconced

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... ere Zeus espied, ensconced him there, Perch'd on a lofty fir, that tallest grew On Ida, piercing through earth's mists to heav'n. There couch'd he, ..."

2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1897)
"... ensconced in a sunny corner among rocks ; Robert Reid's "Autumn," a barefooted and bareheaded country girl, laden with goldenrod and asters against, ..."

3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1884)
"... and Mr. Perker ensconced themselves therein, and drove to Guildhall; Sam Weller, ... ensconced ..."

4. A Private Chapter of the War by George W. Bailey (1880)
"... at the proper time, was ensconced in the safe and novel retreat, in half-undress uniform resting securely on the pallet in one corner of the room while ..."

5. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"... ice bound and the rocks are bare, there it is a joy to find this lovely plant snugly ensconced in some tiny cleft that is watered by the melting snows. ..."

6. Greek wit, a collection of smart sayings and anecdotes, tr. from Greek prose by Frederick Apthorp Paley (1881)
"Myrtle " was snugly ensconced under his mantle, put her head out from under his huge beard, and licked his face and whined ; finally (after certain little ..."

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