privy

Meanings

Adjective

• Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
• Secret, hidden, concealed.
• With knowledge of; party to; let in on.

Noun

• An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
• A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
• A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
• A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.

Origin

• From Middle English pryvy, prive, from Old French privé ("private"), from Latin prīvātus ("deprived"), perfect passive participle of prīvō. private.