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privy

noun

1 privy

A room or building equipped with one or more toilets.

synonyms: bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, toilet.

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Dutch: toiletpot, wc-pot, bestekamer, closet, doos, gemak, herentoilet, kakdoos, plee, poepdoos ... show more
Polish: dwa zera, toaleta, WC, w.c., ubikacja, W.C., wucet, ustronne miejsce, przybytek, klozet

2 privy

A small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate.

synonyms: earth-closet, jakes, outhouse.

Dutch: bijgebouw
Polish: sławojka, wychodek, wygódka

adjective

1 privy

Hidden from general view or use:
— A privy place to rest and think.

synonyms: secluded, secret.

Roget 528: concealed etc. v.; hidden; secret, recondite, mystic, cabalistic, occult, dark; cryptic, cryptical; private, ... show more

2 privy

followed by `to' Informed about something secret or not generally known.


Moby thesaurus: WC, alive to, anonymous, appreciative of, apprised of, awake to, aware of, back-door, backhouse, backstairs, basement, bathroom, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, bog, buried, can, clandestine, closet, cognizant of ... show more.

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