Hothouse

[hot-hous] /ˈhɒtˌhaʊs/

noun, plural hothouses
[hot-hou-ziz] /ˈhɒtˌhaʊ zɪz/ (Show IPA)
1.
an artificially heated greenhouse for the cultivation of tender plants.
adjective
2.
of, relating to, or noting a plant grown in a hothouse, or so fragile as to be capable of being grown only in a hothouse.
3.
overprotected, artificial, or unnaturally delicate.
/ˈhɒtˌhaʊs/
noun
1.

3.
an environment where there is great pressure: showjumping is a tough, hothouse world
4.
(modifier) (informal, often censorious) sensitive or delicate: a hothouse temperament
n.

mid-15c., “bath house,” from hot + house (n.). In 17c. a euphemism for “brothel” (cf. massage parlor); the meaning “glass-roofed structure for raising plants” is from 1749. Figurative use by 1802.

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