commode

English

/kəˈməʊd/

noun
Definitions
  • A low chest of drawers on short legs.
  • A stand for a washbowl and jug.
  • (euphemistic) A chair containing a chamber pot.
  • (euphemistic) A toilet.
  • (historical) A kind of woman's headdress, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

Etymology

Borrowed from French commode (chest of drawers) root from Proto-Indo-European *med- (measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*med-

Gloss

measure, give advice, acquire, heal, possess, consider, control, advise, think about, decide, be in charge of, limit, reason, be in command

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Kanji

理

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