Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

privy house

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: privy -house
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.

Example Sentences

"I wil that ye newe prevy hous ovir the synkke be the dore... serve for the parlour and chambir a loffte."
"The filthiness and nasty things of the said privy house of office, flowed out... into the cellar aforesaid."
"So far as he's concerned, all dem he don't know oughta be tried and sentenced tuh six months behind de United States privy house at hard smellin'."
"An intact, clapboarded privy house still stands within the foundation of the 1794 ministry barn."

Etymology

From privy (“outhouse”) to clarify the intended sense, likely under the influence of Anglo-Norman privé hostel (attested in an 1139 British source) and Latin domus privata (1141).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: domus privata

Inflected Forms

privy houses (plural) privy-house (alternative)

Synonyms

outhouse

Questions

What does privy house mean?: An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
Where does privy house come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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