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An outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecationAn outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
Meaning
1 sensesAn outhouse: an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
Origin
From privy (“outhouse”) to clarify the intended sense, likely under the influence of AngloFrom 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).
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