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privy
1. Made a party to private or secret information; belonging or proper to a person or individual.
2. In law, one of the parties having an interest in the same matter.
3. Sharing knowledge of something secret or private: "We were privy to the plans of the couple to run away and to get married."
4. Relating to someone; especially, a British monarch, as a private person, not as an official personage.
5. Evolved into a reference to a latrine, or outhouse, as a place for privacy.
6. Etymology: "private", about 1225, from Old French privé, from Latin privatus.
2. In law, one of the parties having an interest in the same matter.
3. Sharing knowledge of something secret or private: "We were privy to the plans of the couple to run away and to get married."
4. Relating to someone; especially, a British monarch, as a private person, not as an official personage.
5. Evolved into a reference to a latrine, or outhouse, as a place for privacy.
6. Etymology: "private", about 1225, from Old French privé, from Latin privatus.
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privat-, priv- +
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water closet (noun), WC, w.c.; privy, loo (primarily British) (s); water closets, privies, loos (pl)
1. A room or booth containing a toilet and often a washbowl; a toilet.
2. An enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
2. An enclosed room or compartment containing a toilet bowl fitted with a mechanism for flushing.
For a special discussion about the WC or W.C., see this page about "A Harmless W.C. Joke by Jack Paar".
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clud-, claud-, claus-, clos-, -clude, -clois, -cluding, -cluded, -clus, -clusion, -clusive
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(Latin: to close the eyes, to blink, to wink at [a crime], to overlook [errors], connive at; to be privy to [secretly knowing about]; to be tightly closed)