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privy
('pr/I/v/i/ )

adjective (a)

  • Of or pertaining to some person exclusively; assigned to private uses; not public; private; as, the privy purse.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a room or building equipped with one or more toilets(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    bathroom, can, john, lav, lavatory, toilet
    source: wordnet30
  • a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    earth-closet, jakes, outhouse
    source: wordnet30
  • A partaker; a person having an interest in any action or thing; one who has an interest in an estate created by another; a person having an interest derived from a contract or conveyance to which he is not himself a party. The term, in its proper sense, is distinguished from party.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • hidden from general view or use(adj.all)
    Example:
    A privy place to rest and think.
    Synonym:
    secluded, secret
    source: wordnet30
  • (followed by `to') informed about something secret or not generally known(adj.all)
    Example:
    Privy to the details of the conspiracy.
    source: wordnet30
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