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sitz bath

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables
sitz -bath
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hydrotherapeutic bath taken in a sitting position.

noun

A bathing device which allows immersion of the buttocks and pelvis up to the hips, while sitting in the device

Etymology

Partial calque of German Sitzbad (“idem.”, literally “sit bath”), from Sitz (“seat”) + Bad (“bath”), from sitzen (“to sit”).

Inflected Forms

sitz baths (plural) sitz-bath (alternative) sitzbath (alternative)

Derived Forms

sitz

Synonyms

hip bath sitz

Questions

What does sitz bath mean?
A hydrotherapeutic bath taken in a sitting position.
Where does sitz bath come from?
Partial calque of German Sitzbad (“idem.”, literally “sit bath”), from Sitz (“seat”) + Bad (“bath”), from sitzen (“to sit”).

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