privies

Variant of privy

adjective

  1. Obsolete private; not public
  2. Archaic hidden, secret, furtive, etc.

Origin: ME < OFr prive < L privatus, private

noun pl. privies

  1. a toilet; esp., an outhouse
  2. Law a person who is in privity with another

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