commode
noun/kəˈməʊd/
Etymology
Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.
- borrowed from commode
Definitions
A low chest of drawers on short legs.
A stand for a washbowl and jug.
A chair containing a chamber pot.
- Changing bandages and emptying the commode doesn’t exactly create a sexy environment, but we never talk about doctors’ appointments or heart problems when we’re in our room – we preserve that little bit of space for ourselves.
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A toilet.
A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.
- Then at the Play-Houſe ye ogle the Boxes, and dop and bovv to thoſe you do not knovv, as vvell as thoſe you do. […] You nuzzle your Noſes into their Hoods and Commodes, […]
- Now under high Commodes with Looks Erect, Bare-fac’d devours in gawdy Colours deck.
The neighborhood
- neighboraccommodation
- neighborcommodious
- neighbordiscommode
- neighborincommode
- neighborair commode
- neighborbidet
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for commode. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA