privy

adjective · nounA2

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more privymost privy

Superlative

privie

1.
(historical)(now chiefly historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
The king retreated to his privy chamber.
the privy purse
2.
(archaic)(now rare, archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
3.
With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
He was privy to the discussions.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

priviesprivie

1.
An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
2.
A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
Đồng nghĩa: bathroom, latrine, necessarium, toilet, toilet room, urinal, water closet, WC, cloaca, closet, jacques, kocay, siege, cludgie, neddy, netty, shield, six, facilities, ladies and gentlemen, lavatory, lavabo, necessary, necessary room, office, office of ease, place, potty, privy, small room, smallest room, throne room, cottage, geography, House of Lords, khazi, usual offices, restroom, teahouse, tearoom, washroom, comfort room, CR, closet of decency, closet of ease, house of office, necessary place, purging place, vault, withdraught, wardrobe, shitter, urination station, bog, carsey, crapper, karzy, lats, lav, lavvy, loo, thunderbox, can, john, johnny, bogger, brasco, dike, dunny, jacks, jakes
3.
A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
Arconum—I found two chairs wanting in the gentlemen's room, and the bath room attached applied to other purposes... the privies and urinaries clean...
Đồng nghĩa: big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell, jacks, jakes, john, khazi, latrine, lav, pisser, pooper, porcelain god, porcelain goddess, pot, potty, privy, Quincy, shitcan, shitpot, shitter, stool, throne, toilet, toot
4.
(law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

bathroom latrine necessarium toilettoilet roomurinalwater closetWC cloaca closetjacqueskocaysiegecludgieneddy netty shield six facilitiesladies and gentlemen

Cùng gốc / liên quan

nonprivyprivily privinessprivy councilprivy councillorprivy houseprivy-houseprivy markprivy memberprivy partsprivy sealignorant (antonym)

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (private), from Latin prīvātus (deprived), perfect passive participle of prīvō (to bereave, deprive; to free, release). private.