Ajaxn.

Brit.

/ˈeɪdʒaks/, U.S.

/ˈeɪˌdʒæks/

Forms: 1500s–1600s Aiax, 2000s– Ajax.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: jakes n.

Etymology: Humorous respelling of a jakes (see jakes n.), punningly after Ajax, the name of a hero in Greek mythology.The pun rests on the fact that, in the late 16th and early 17th cent., the name of the Greek hero would have been homophonous with a jakes when stressed on the second syllable. Compare:1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes cxxxiii, in Wks. I. 818 And I could wish for their eterniz'd sakes, My Muse had plough'd with his, that sung A-iax.

Now historical and rare.

A privy or water closet; a lavatory.Frequently personified (see etymology).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun]

gongOE

privy?c1225

room-housec1275

chamber foreignc1300

wardrobea1325

privy chamberc1325

foreignc1390

siegec1400

stool1410

jakes1432

house of easementa1438

kocayc1440

siege-hole1440

siege-house1440

privy house1463

withdraught1493

draught1530

shield1535

bench-hole1542

common house1542

stool1542

jakes house1547

boggard1552

house of office?1560

purging place1577

little house1579

issue1588

Ajax1596

draught-house1597

private1600

necessary house1612

vault1617

longhouse1622

latrine1623

necessary1633

commonsa1641

gingerbread officea1643

boghouse1644

cloaca1645

passage-house1646

retreat1653

shithouse1659

closet of ease1662

garderobe1680

backside1704

office1727

bog?1731

house of ease1734

cuz-john1735

easing-chair1771

backhouse1800

outhouse1819

netty1825

petty1848

seat of ease1850

closet1869

bathroom1883

crapper1927

lat1927

shouse1941

biffy1942

shitholec1947

toot1965

shitter1967

woodshed1974

1596 J. Harington (title page) The metamorphosis of Aiax.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 573 Your Lion that holdes his Polax sitting on a close stoole, will be geuen to Aiax .

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retraict, an Aiax, Priuie, house of Office.

1621 J. Taylor Superbiæ Flagellum Pref. sig. A3 Such a one will put me off with a scornefull tush.., and commit my Booke to the protection of Aiax.

2000 M. Blair Ceramic Water Closets 4 (caption) Sir John Harington's sixteenth-century WC, the ‘Ajax’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ajax
释义	Ajaxn. Brit. /ˈeɪdʒaks/, U.S. /ˈeɪˌdʒæks/ Forms: 1500s–1600s Aiax, 2000s– Ajax. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: jakes n. Etymology: Humorous respelling of a jakes (see jakes n.), punningly after Ajax, the name of a hero in Greek mythology.The pun rests on the fact that, in the late 16th and early 17th cent., the name of the Greek hero would have been homophonous with a jakes when stressed on the second syllable. Compare:1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes cxxxiii, in Wks. I. 818 And I could wish for their eterniz'd sakes, My Muse had plough'd with his, that sung A-iax. Now historical and rare. A privy or water closet; a lavatory.Frequently personified (see etymology). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] gongOE privy?c1225 room-housec1275 chamber foreignc1300 wardrobea1325 privy chamberc1325 foreignc1390 siegec1400 stool1410 jakes1432 house of easementa1438 kocayc1440 siege-hole1440 siege-house1440 privy house1463 withdraught1493 draught1530 shield1535 bench-hole1542 common house1542 stool1542 jakes house1547 boggard1552 house of office?1560 purging place1577 little house1579 issue1588 Ajax1596 draught-house1597 private1600 necessary house1612 vault1617 longhouse1622 latrine1623 necessary1633 commonsa1641 gingerbread officea1643 boghouse1644 cloaca1645 passage-house1646 retreat1653 shithouse1659 closet of ease1662 garderobe1680 backside1704 office1727 bog?1731 house of ease1734 cuz-john1735 easing-chair1771 backhouse1800 outhouse1819 netty1825 petty1848 seat of ease1850 closet1869 bathroom1883 crapper1927 lat1927 shouse1941 biffy1942 shitholec1947 toot1965 shitter1967 woodshed1974 1596 J. Harington (title page) The metamorphosis of Aiax. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 573 Your Lion that holdes his Polax sitting on a close stoole, will be geuen to Aiax . View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Retraict, an Aiax, Priuie, house of Office. 1621 J. Taylor Superbiæ Flagellum Pref. sig. A3 Such a one will put me off with a scornefull tush.., and commit my Booke to the protection of Aiax. 2000 M. Blair Ceramic Water Closets 4 (caption) Sir John Harington's sixteenth-century WC, the ‘Ajax’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1596
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