TOILET

toilet, toilette

(noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself; “he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast”

toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom

(noun) a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne

(noun) a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

gutter, sewer, toilet

(noun) misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; “his career was in the gutter”; “all that work went down the sewer”; “pensions are in the toilet”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

toilet (plural toilets)

(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room. [17th–19th c.]

(obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table. [17th–19th c.]

(now, historical or archaic) Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair. [from 17th c.]

(now, rare, archaic) One's style of dressing: dress, outfit. [from 18th c.]

(archaic) A dressing room. [from 19th c.]

(UK) A room or enclosed area containing a toilet: a bathroom or water closet. [from 19th c.]

(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a toilet and sink but no bathtub or shower.

(obsolete) A chamber pot.

A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly those with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which use water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system. [from 19th c.]

(figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place. [from 20th c.]

Usage notes

In present use, toilet refers most directly to fixtures for containing or removing human waste. As such, although toilet was originally a euphemism itself, its use to describe the place where the toilets are located (e.g, "Where is the toilet?") is now considered somewhat indiscreet; instead, it is more common to employ other euphemisms such as bathroom, restroom, or WC.

Until the late 19th century, toilet referred solely to personal grooming, including bathing and hair care. This still appears in toiletries and in various set phrases, such as toilet water and toilet bag. This use is sometimes understood as a new borrowing from French, despite being the older sense of the English word. Medical jargon also includes some set phrases such as “pulmonary toilet” and “toilet of the mouth”.

Synonyms

• (room for urination and defecation): See bathroom

• (NZ, small room for urination and defecation): half bath, half bathroom (US); cloakroom (UK)

• (pot used for urination and defecation): chamber pot

• (fixture for urination and defecation): See toilet

• (in a nautical context): See head (item 4.1.4)

Hyponyms

• (fixture for urination and defecation): See toilet

Verb

toilet (third-person singular simple present toilets, present participle toileting, simple past and past participle toileted)

(dated) To dress and groom oneself

To use the toilet

To assist another (a child etc.) in using the toilet

Anagrams

• Lottie, litote

Source: Wiktionary

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Toi"let, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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