Such a room is sometimes called a front room when it is near the main entrance at the front of the house it is also known as drawing room.
Living room meaning origin. Modern day living rooms. The room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing in and entertaining guests 2. From living room in the late nineteenth century decorative literature suggested a living room to be a reflection of the personality of the designer rather than the victorian conventions of the day where there was a formal room designated for receiving guests. Japanese words for living room include 居間 リビングルーム 茶の間 奥座敷 and 表座敷.
Living room definition a room in a home used especially by a family for leisure activities entertaining guests etc. Today and for the last few decades anything goes. Ladies home journal the magazine of that time said that with the inevitable return to the socialization and happiness of the days before the outbreak the death room should be livened up and therefore the term living room came to be. Living room definition is a room in a residence used for the common social activities of the occupants.
Room set up for ordinary family or social use sitting room 1795 as opposed to bedroom dining room see definitions of living room. In western architecture a living room also called a lounge room australian english lounge or hall british english or sitting room british english is a room in a residential house or apartment for relaxing and socializing. The expression elephant in the room usually the elephant in the room or the elephant in the living room is a metaphorical idiom in english for an important or enormous topic question or controversial issue that is obvious or that everyone knows about but no one mentions or wants to discuss because it makes at least some of them uncomfortable or is personally socially or politically.