Nearby Words
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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Privy
is always a great word to know.
So is opinion. Does it mean:
| the formal statement by a judge or court of the reasoning and the principles of law used in reaching a decision of a case |
| a judicial decision given by a judge or court; the obligation a debt; the certificate embodying such a decision and issued against the obligor |
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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Example Sentences
- People I talked with here get it — they know they're not privy to all the information online.
- And everyone, it seems, has secrets — secrets to which even the actors aren't privy until each script arrives.
- His privy sits beyond a sandy lane that winds through a low swale known as the Bottom.
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| privy (ˈprɪvɪ) | |
| —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
EXPANDa general sense; specifically of the British government, first attested late 14c., as consaile priue.
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Slang Dictionary
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