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commode

[ kuh-mohd ]

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noun

a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves.
a stand or cupboard containing a chamber pot or washbasin.
toilet ( def 1 ).
a portable toilet, especially one on a chairlike frame with wheels, as for an invalid.
an elaborate headdress consisting chiefly of a high framework decorated with lace, ribbons, etc., worn perched on top of the hair by women in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

commode

/ kəˈməʊd /

noun

a piece of furniture, usually highly ornamented, containing drawers or shelves
a bedside table with a cabinet below for a chamber pot or washbasin
a movable piece of furniture, sometimes in the form of a chair, with a hinged flap concealing a chamber pot
a woman's high-tiered headdress of lace, worn in the late 17th century

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Word History and Origins

Origin of commode¹

First recorded in 1680–90; from French, from Latin commodus “convenient, fitting, suitable”; equivalent to com- + mode ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of commode¹

C17: from French, from Latin commodus commodious

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Example Sentences

Beginning to walk, he tumbles over another man’s couch, changes course to collide with someone’s commode, then butts against a worktable that can’t be disturbed.

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In that relationship, the lower-class king of his dingy domain is enthroned atop a commode and uses a toilet brush as a scepter.

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Houston had raised suddenly, was staring in the direction of an old commode in the corner.

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The commode shows as well as anything the marked change which took place in the styles under the Empire.

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The ‘commode’ is the wire frame over which the curls are arranged, piled up in high masses over the forehead.

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She caught sight of herself in an old mirror, which stood upon a commode.

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In 1691 we find advertised in the Livre Commode of Paris a portable coffee-making outfit to fit the pocket.

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