privy

adjective

/ˈprɪvi/

(formal)

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privy to something allowed to know about something secret
- She was not privy to any information contained in the letters.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Privy is used with these nouns:
seal
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Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘belonging to one's own private circle’): from Old French prive ‘private’ (also used as a noun meaning ‘private place’ and ‘familiar friend’), from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.

privy

noun

/ˈprɪvi/

(plural privies)

(old-fashioned)

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a toilet, especially an outdoor one
Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘belonging to one's own private circle’): from Old French prive ‘private’ (also used as a noun meaning ‘private place’ and ‘familiar friend’), from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.

单词	privy
释义	privy adjective /ˈprɪvi/ /ˈprɪvi/ (formal) jump to other results privy to something allowed to know about something secret She was not privy to any information contained in the letters. Oxford Collocations DictionaryPrivy is used with these nouns: seal See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘belonging to one's own private circle’): from Old French prive ‘private’ (also used as a noun meaning ‘private place’ and ‘familiar friend’), from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’. privy noun /ˈprɪvi/ /ˈprɪvi/ (plural privies) (old-fashioned) jump to other results a toilet, especially an outdoor one Word OriginMiddle English (originally in the sense ‘belonging to one's own private circle’): from Old French prive ‘private’ (also used as a noun meaning ‘private place’ and ‘familiar friend’), from Latin privatus ‘withdrawn from public life’, a use of the past participle of privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.
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