Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

house of office

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.22 in modern English

Syllables: house- of of-fice
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Going down my cellar to look, I put my foot into a heap of turds, by which I find that Mr Turner’s house of office is full and comes into my cellar, which doth trouble me; but I will have it helped."
"I never, since I left England, till now, have regal'd Myself with a good house of Office... the holes in Germany are... too round, chiefly owing... to the broader bottoms of the Germans."
"The very clerks—those somewhat dirty springs Of office, or the House of Office."

Etymology

From the mostly archaic sense of office as a "duty" or "function" and hence unmentionable "bodily functions".

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

houses of office (plural)

Phrases

house of ease

Frequently Paired Words

house of ease

Synonyms

bathroom

Questions

What does house of office mean?: An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Where does house of office come from?: From the mostly archaic sense of office as a "duty" or "function" and hence unmentionable "bodily functions".

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