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lavatorial, a.|lævəˈtɔərɪəl, -ˈtɔː-|
[f. L. *lavātōri-us, f. lavāre to wash + -al1.]
1. Of or pertaining to washing.
1839Lady Lytton Cheveley (ed. 2) II. iv. 117 Three pair of cotton stockings..bearing very bilious symptoms of the lavatorial skill of Sally. 1898Daily News 3 Sept. 3/1 The simplicity of the lavatorial arrangement could hardly be improved upon.
2. Of or pertaining to a style of architecture or decoration alleged to resemble that used for public lavatories.
1936E. Eaton Summer Dust i. vii. 42 The newer movement, which demands that every rising young lawyer should furnish an appartement in the neo-lavatorial style. 1957Sunday Times 17 Nov. 3/3 The Examination Schools, that lavatorial building of awful omen. 1958B. Hamilton Too Much of Water ii. 42, I had to pull down an absolutely shattering piece of Victorian lavatorial Gothic. 1969Observer 12 Jan. 25/3 A barber's, a lavatorial café, and nothing much else but grime and desolation. 1974A. Ross Bradford Business 63 Endless lavatorial town hall corridors.
3. Of or pertaining to lavatories; spec. of conversation, humour, etc.: making undue reference to lavatories and their use.
1967Daily Tel. 15 Apr. 9/3 The average gent is of an aggressive disposition and a lavatorial sense of humour. 1969Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 9/1 The words..are perfectly familiar, partly lavatorial, partly sexy, ranging in length from four to seven letters. 1969C. Derrick Reader's Report vii. 120 A great many poets, when talking about their art, drop instinctively and sub-consciously into the use of obstetrical and even lavatorial imagery. 1974Times 9 Nov. 10/4 The awful lavatorial embarrassment. |