Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fixture similar in design to a toilet that is straddled for washing the genitals and the anal area.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small horse; formerly, in the British army, a horse allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
- noun The basin of a water-closet so made that, in addition to the ordinary places of entrance of water- and discharge-pipe, there is a contrivance for washing or administering injections: sometimes made as a separate article of bedroom furniture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
- noun A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the
external genitalia and theanus - noun obsolete A small
horse formerly allowed to eachtrooper ordragoon for carrying hisbaggage .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a basin for washing genitals and anal area
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Considering that a search for the term bidet on the DYI Network site yielded no results, Canada's trees will continue to meet an ignominious end.
American Thinker 2009
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The first mechanized bidet did not come on the scene until 1750 and was called a bidet à seringue.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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The first mechanized bidet did not come on the scene until 1750 and was called a bidet à seringue.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
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For those that don't know, a bidet is a mini bath for your rear end!
Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps Where? In Paris, For Luxury, Hotel Plaza Athenee Mara Gibbs 2011
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For those that don't know, a bidet is a mini bath for your rear end!
Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps Where? In Paris, For Luxury, Hotel Plaza Athenee Mara Gibbs 2011
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For those that don't know, a bidet is a mini bath for your rear end!
Mara Gibbs: Everybody Sleeps Where? In Paris, For Luxury, Hotel Plaza Athenee Mara Gibbs 2011
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The Oxford Companion To The Body traces the merkin back to 1450, a time when the bidet was a distant prospect and personal hygiene fell well short of the mark.
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The Oxford Companion To The Body traces the merkin back to 1450, a time when the bidet was a distant prospect and personal hygiene fell well short of the mark.
Wordly Wise 2009
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This may seem obvious, but some novices think that a bidet is a toilet without a seat, especially at 3 am, in the dark.
Lea Lane: Green Clean Where the Sun Don't Shine: Use a Bidet 2009
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Perhaps the Jasmin, then, should properly be called a bidet à computer.
Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006
Prolagus commented on the word bidet
My dear friend, how I miss you.
April 9, 2008
reesetee commented on the word bidet
We can't be trusted with them here. We'd ruin all our nice floors. ;-)
April 9, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word bidet
Sure, sure... "The basin of a water-closet so made that, in addition to the ordinary places of entrance of water- and discharge-pipe, there is a contrivance for washing or administering injections: sometimes made as a separate article of bedroom furniture."
--Cent. Dict.
But did you see the part about the horse in the other definition?
October 23, 2012