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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: appentis 'structure built against a wall', probably from Latin appendix ( APPENDIX); influenced by house

penthouse

 noun
     
Related topics: House, Buildings
pent‧house [countable]
DHHTBB a very expensive and comfortable apartment or set of rooms on the top floor of a building:
a £7 million London penthouse
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