sconce – English noun declension

English noun forms of sconce

Noun: sconce
Singularsconce
Pluralsconces

Sample Sentences

  • […]tapers put into lanterns or sconces of several-coloured, oiled paper, that the wind might not annoy them. [1644 December 2 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 23 November 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC:]
  • Golden sconces hang not on the walls. [1847, John Dryden, The Works of John Dryden in Verse and Prose, volume 1, Harper, The Beginning of the Second Book of Lucretius, page 183, line 28:]
  • There wasn't a room that had not been clad, picture-railed, dadoed, panelled, stained, gilded, bordered and generally made over to within an inch of its life - can I interest anyone in a gold cherubic sconce? [2000 September 23, Michele Jenkinson, “West Country Living: My blind date with my new home”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2026:]
  • Taking the candle […] she stood with the little flat brass sconce in her hand. [1858, Mrs. Oliphant, Laird of Norlaw, I. v. 55:]
  • This strange scene was lightd up by candles in high and havy brass sconces. [1859, W. Collins, Queen of Hearts, published 1875, page 41:]
  • Also the candles flickering in the blood-red sconces are black and the body on the crucifix is that of a full-breasted woman. [1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 96:]

Etymology

From Middle English sconce, sconse (“candlestick or lantern (with screen)”), from Old French esconse (“lantern”), from Latin absconsus (“hidden”), perfect passive participle of abscondō (“hide”). Cognate with abscond. See: Middle English Nouns 'sconce', Latin Nouns 'absconsus'.

Verbs referencing "sconce"

German Nouns Schanze, Dutch Nouns schans, Swedish Nouns skans, Irish Nouns sconsa.