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   Bie·der·mei·er

   /ˈbēdərˌmīər/

   

   adjective

   • 1. denoting or relating to a style of furniture and interior decoration current in Germany in the period 1815–48, characterized by restraint, conventionality, and utilitarianism.

   Word Origin from the name of Gottlieb Biedermaier, a fictitious German provincial schoolmaster and poet created by L. Eichrodt (1854).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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