potty-trainedadj.
/ˈpɒtɪˌtreɪnd/, U.S. /ˈpɑdiˌtreɪnd/ Of a child: that has been trained to use a potty or toilet. Also in extended use. Cf. pot-trained adj. at pot n.1 Compounds 2.
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society > education > upbringing > [adjective] > toilet-trained
toilet trained1940
potty-trained1953
pot-trained1958
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [adjective] > trained to use chamber-pot (child)
toilet trained1940
potty-trained1953
pot-trained1958
1953 Foreign Service Jrnl. Oct. 35/2 I started up the stairs to the front stoop... Tied to the front stoop was a goat who wasn't exactly ‘potty trained’.
1960 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 3 Nov. 27/4 Will Brenna Geneal be ‘potty-trained’ in time for the five-day trip?
1978 F. Weldon Praxis xxii. 211 Justin was not, as they said in the nursery world, ‘potty-trained’.
1998 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Dec. 1 j My husband..called the product the next best thing to a potty-trained cat.
2005 Cincinnati Enquirer (Nexis) 14 Jan. 1 d Existing products did not meet the needs of a young, potty-trained child.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1953