toilette
3
9.9
- noun
- /twɑːˈlɛt/
- Archaic
:
toilette
- Before the wedding, she took her time to complete her toilette and look her best.
- woman at her toilette
Examples
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The toilette suited the character of the exhibition well, both decorative and intimate.
Academic text (1991) -
Well, at last I can do my toilette.
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Bearden, her toilette completed, sat down at her own end of the table and went to work.
Fiction book (2000) -
It is a place where a person can perform his or her "toilette."
Academic text (2015) -
Either the old men are not modest, or the hotel has refused to provide curtains, for they perform their morning toilette nude in front of windows that look out onto the busy street.
Fiction book (1990) -
After Jamie's departure, I took my time in making what toilette could be made with a comb and water, which were the only grooming implements available.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Introductions complete, the gentlemen of the bedchamber, ceremoniously assisted by the chief nobles, had then proceeded to make the king's toilette.
Fiction book (1992) -
At this hour, the favored few chosen to attend the King's toilette should be assembled in the p110 antechamber, ready to join the procession of nobles and attendants who were necessary to assist the monarch in greeting the new day.
Fiction book (1992) -
After waking up, he enjoyed a long shower and a relaxed toilette to prepare for the day.
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He always feels more confident after a proper toilette in the morning.
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Etymology
Toilette comes from the French word toile, which means 'cloth'. It first meant the small cloth used on a dressing table and then the act of dressing and getting ready, so toilette now means 'the act of dressing and preparing yourself'.