commode

noun
/kəˈməʊd/

Etymology

Borrowed from French commode (literally “convenient”). Doublet of comodo.

  1. borrowed from commode

Definitions

  1. A low chest of drawers on short legs.

  2. A stand for a washbowl and jug.

  3. 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.
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A toilet.

    2. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA