privy
Plural: privies
Noun
- An outhouse; an outdoor toilet building.
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
- An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
- A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
- A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
- A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
Adjective Satellite
- hidden from general view or use
- "a privy place to rest and think"
- (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known
- "privy to the details of the conspiracy"
Adj
- Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
- Secret, hidden, concealed.
- With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
Adjective
- Sharing in the knowledge of a secret or private matter.
Examples
- He was privy to the discussions.
- He was privy to the secret Scrabble strategy of his top-ranked opponent.
- Sometimes, the best plays in Words With Friends come to you while sitting in the privy.
- The king retreated to his privy chamber.
- the privy purse
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé (“private”), from Latin prīvātus (“deprived”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive; I free, release”). Doublet of private.
Synonyms
bathroom, can, earth-closet, jakes, john, lav, lavatory, outhouse, secluded, secret, toilet
Scrabble Score: 13
privy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordprivy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
privy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary