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bidet

[bee-dey, bih-det] Origin

bi·det

[bee-dey, bih-det]
noun
1.
a low, basinlike bathroom fixture, usually with spigots, used for bathing the genital and perineal areas.
2.
a small saddle horse.

Origin:
1620–30; < Middle French: pony; akin to Old French bider to trot
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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bidet (ˈbiːdeɪ)
 
n
a small low basin for washing the genitals and anal area
 
[C17: from French: small horse, probably from Old French bider to trot]

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bidet
1620s, from Fr. bidet (16c.), of unknown etymology. Originally in Fr. "a small horse, a pony," thus "a vessel on a low narrow stand, which can be bestridden for bathing purposes."
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