latrine
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noun
a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
Origin:
1635–45; < French < Latin lātrīna, short for lavātrīna place for washing, derivative of lavāre to wash
1635–45; < French < Latin lātrīna, short for lavātrīna place for washing, derivative of lavāre to wash
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| —n | |
| a lavatory, as in a barracks, camp, etc | |
| [C17: from French, from Latin lātrīna, shortened form of lavātrīna bath, from lavāre to wash] | |
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Latrine
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
latrine
c.1300, from L. latrina, contraction of lavatrina "washbasin, washroom," from lavatus, pp. of lavare "to wash" (see lave) + -trina, suffix denoting "workplace." Its reappearance in 1640s is probably a re-borrowing from Fr.; esp. of a privy of a camp, barracks, college, hospital,
etc. Latrine rumor "baseless gossip" (of the kind that spreads in conversations in latrines) is military slang, first recorded 1918.
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Example sentences
The latrine is located almost directly behind each cabin.
She was surprised at how much daylight remained as she walked to the latrine below the dunes.
It is a typical matchbox house: four small rooms inside, pit latrine and cold-water tap outside.
The position of the latrine would have placed it partially inside the tent.
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