

Human: What on earth does the word "defenestration" mean?

Assistant: The phrase "to be defenestrated" (sometimes "defenestrated" or "defenestrated") is used in several English-speaking countries (most notably the United Kingdom) to refer to the act of throwing a person or a heavy object out of a window.


Human: What on earth does the word "defenestration" mean?

Assistant: Oh, that’s really interesting! This is from an 18th century text about an important political event. The author tells about an uprising in Paris against a despotic ruler, where windows got broken, and by "defenestration", he means the breaking of windows.
What on earth does the word "defenestration" mean?
The phrase "to be defenestrated" (sometimes "defenestrated" or "defenestrated") is used in several English-speaking countries (most notably the United Kingdom) to refer to the act of throwing a person or a heavy object out of a window.
Oh, that’s really interesting! This is from an 18th century text about an important political event. The author tells about an uprising in Paris against a despotic ruler, where windows got broken, and by "defenestration", he means the breaking of windows.