TOILET/ - 5 definitions found
toilet 1540, "cover or bag for clothes," from M.Fr. toilette "a cloth, bag for clothes," dim. of toile "cloth, net" (see toil (2)). Sense evolution is to "act or process of dressing" (1681); then "a dressing room" (1819), especially one with a lavatory attached; then "lavatory or porcelain plumbing fixture" (1895), an Amer.Eng. euphemistic use. Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Toilet \Toi"let\, n. [F. toilette, dim. of toile cloth. See Toil a net.] 1. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room. 2. A dressing table. --Pope. 3. Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect. [Written also toilette.] Toilet glass, a looking-glass for a toilet table or for a dressing room. Toilet service, Toilet set, earthenware, glass, and other utensils for a dressing room. Toilet table, a dressing table; a toilet. See def. 2 above. To snake one's toilet, to dress one's self; especially, to dress one's self carefully. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms toilet n. 1. Dressing-table, toilet-table. 2. Dress, attire, costume, mode of dressing. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 49 Moby Thesaurus words for "toilet": WC, backhouse, basement, bathroom, bedpan, bog, can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical closet, chemical toilet, closet, comfort station, commode, convenience, crapper, dressing, earth closet, facilities, facility, grooming, head, hopper, jerry, john, johnny, johnny house, jordan, latrine, lavatory, loo, making up, necessary, outhouse, piss pot, pot, potty, potty-chair, powder room, privy, rest room, stool, throne, thunder mug, toilet room, toilette, urinal, washroom, water closet |
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