privy
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i adjective
1.
participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to ): Many persons were privy to the plot.
2.
private; assigned to private uses.
3.
belonging or pertaining to some particular person, especially with reference to a sovereign.
4.
secret, concealed, hidden, or secluded.
5.
acting or done in secret.
noun
6.
outhouse ( def 1 ).
7.
Law. a person participating directly in or having a derivative interest in a legal transaction.
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English prive < Old French: private (adj.), close friend, private place (noun) < Latin prīvātus private
1175–1225; Middle English prive < Old French: private (adj.), close friend, private place (noun) < Latin prīvātus private
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| —adj (foll by to) , privier, priviest | |
| 1. | participating in the knowledge of something secret |
| 2. | archaic secret, hidden, etc |
| 3. | archaic of or relating to one person only |
| —n , privier, priviest, privies | |
| 4. | a lavatory, esp an outside one |
| 5. | law See privity a person in privity with another |
| [C13: from Old French privé something private, from Latin prīvātus | |
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Word Origin & History
privy
"private," early 13c., from O.Fr. privé, from L. privatus (see private). Meaning "participating in a secret" (usually with to) is attested from late 14c. The noun meaning "toilet" is early 13c., from O.Fr. privé, from the adj. Privy Council is from c.1300 in
a general sense; specifically of the British government, first attested late 14c., as consaile priue.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
Those with whom he felt comfortable were privy to his cerebral wit.
Astor was not privy to the letter or the telephone conversations about the transfer.
People I talked with here get it — they know they're not privy to all the information online.
In the classroom, students are made privy to some of the results of those conversations.
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