bidet

[ bee-dey, bih-det ]

noun
  1. a low, basinlike bathroom fixture that provides a water stream for bathing the genital and anal areas, or a device attached to a standard toilet that performs the same function.

  2. a small saddle horse.

Origin of bidet

1
First recorded in 1620–30; from Middle French: literally, “pony”; akin to Old French bider “to trot”; further origin unknown

Words Nearby bidet

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How to use bidet in a sentence

  • bidet, writing in 1759, foreshadows the misery which marked the last thirty years of the ancien rgime.

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  • So La Fleur got off him, and giving him a good sound lash, the bidet took me at my word, and away he scampered back to Montriul.

  • Not yet, right venerable Honorificac-cac-cac-cacu-minos bidet!

  • Enamel bidet, soluble suppositories, suitable syringe, and properly-fitting rubber pessary.

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British Dictionary definitions for bidet

bidet

/ (ˈbiːdeɪ) /


noun
  1. a small low basin for washing the genitals and anal area

Origin of bidet

1
C17: from French: small horse, probably from Old French bider to trot

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