latrine
(noun) a public toilet in a military area
Source: WordNet® 3.1
latrine (plural latrines)
An open trench or pit used for urination and defecation.
(India, otherwise military) Any facility or device used for urination or defecation, whether toilet, lavatory, or outhouse.
(obsolete) A chamber pot.
• (open hole used as a toilet): privy
• (other toilet facilities): See toilet, bathroom, and chamber pot
• Latiner, art line, entrail, larnite, line art, ratline, reliant, retinal, trainel, trenail
Source: Wiktionary
La*trine", n. Etym: [L. latrina: cf. F. latrines.]
Definition: A privy, or water-closet, esp. in a camp, hospital, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
