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armchair definition

arm·chair (ärm′c̸her′)

noun

a chair with supports at the sides for one's arms or elbows

adjective

not based on or working from firsthand experience, direct investigation, etc. armchair strategy, an armchair detective
armchair Idioms

armchair quarterback

or armchair general
a person who is not a quarterback (or general, etc.), but offers opinions and criticism on the performance or decisions of those who are

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armchair Synonyms

armchair

n.

easy chair, wing chair, Morris chair, captain's chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, rocker, reclining chair, recliner, throne, fauteuil (French).


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armchair Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • upholster: The large bar area features paneled walls, wooden tables and chairs and comfortable upholstered armchairs in front of an.. .

Preposition: in

  • corner: She sat now in a broken armchair in the shadowy corner of the room.

Adjective modifier

  • comfy: Then all the items here are listed: There is a comfy armchair here.

Modifies a noun

  • Olympian: The final Armchair Olympian of the four purchased has arrived.

Noun used with modifier

  • leather: Settle into one of the old leather armchairs with a Society glass in hand.
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armchair quotes

I have learnt from bitter experience that when the armchair theorists and the Whitehall generals start talking of a surgical war, it is time to run for cover.

-Ashdown, Baron

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity†a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

-Matisse, Henri EŁ  mile Beno|"  t

‚Ah s |¤ , ponerse a escribir otra vez, que¤   vomitivo! ‚Como si todo esto sirviera para algo, como si todo esto fuera a entrar en alguna cabezota, a entretener a alguno de los lectores babosos, ovillados en sus poltronas, frente al sopo¤ n  sopor|¤fero de cada d|¤a! Ah yes, going back to writing, how disgusting! As if all this had some purpose, as if all this would penetrate somethick skull, amusesome drivelling readercurledup in his armchair before the soporific stew of every day!

-Sappho   7c

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