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bi⋅det

  [bee-dey, bi-det]
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–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; < MF: pony; akin to OF bider to trot
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bi·det   (bē-dā')   
n.  A fixture similar in design to a toilet that is straddled for washing the genitals and the anal area.

[French, pony, bidet, probably from Old French bider, to trot.]
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Bidet

Bi*det"\, n. [F. bidet, perh. fr. Celtic; cr. Gael. bideach very little, diminutive, bidein a diminutive animal, W. bidan a weakly or sorry wretch.]

1. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. --B. Jonson.

2. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bidet 
1630, from Fr., 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: bi·det
Pronunciation: bi-'dA
Function: noun
: a bathroom fixture about the height of the seat of a chair used especially for bathing theexternal genitals and the posterior parts of the body
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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