† room-housen.

Forms: early Middle English rum hus.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English rume , rime v.², house n.¹; room adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < rume, variant of rime v.² (compare rime v.² 2) + house n.¹, or perhaps humorously < room adj. + house n.¹ (compare later longhouse n.).The word occurs only in Owl & Nightingale (twice in each manuscript), always with the first element in the abbreviated form rū , traditionally expanded to rum , but perhaps to be interpreted as run , variant of roun n. (compare privy n. 1 and later privy house n. at privy adj., n., and adv. Compounds 1a); see further M. Laing in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 108 (2007) 474-6.

Obsolete. rare.

A privy.

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

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 592 (MED) Imai þe uinde ate rum huse..Þu sittest and singst bihinde þe secle [read setle].

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 652 (MED) Men habbet among oþer iwende Arum hus [a1300 Jesus Oxf. A rum hus] at hore bures ende, Vor þat hi nelleþ to uor go.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	room-house
释义	† room-housen. Forms: early Middle English rum hus. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English rume , rime v.², house n.¹; room adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < rume, variant of rime v.² (compare rime v.² 2) + house n.¹, or perhaps humorously < room adj. + house n.¹ (compare later longhouse n.).The word occurs only in Owl & Nightingale (twice in each manuscript), always with the first element in the abbreviated form rū , traditionally expanded to rum , but perhaps to be interpreted as run , variant of roun n. (compare privy n. 1 and later privy house n. at privy adj., n., and adv. Compounds 1a); see further M. Laing in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 108 (2007) 474-6. Obsolete. rare. A privy. 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 c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 592 (MED) Imai þe uinde ate rum huse..Þu sittest and singst bihinde þe secle [read setle]. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 652 (MED) Men habbet among oþer iwende Arum hus [a1300 Jesus Oxf. A rum hus] at hore bures ende, Vor þat hi nelleþ to uor go. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1275
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