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bidet|bidɛ, bɪˈdɛt|
[a. F. bidet pony; of unknown origin: cf. OF. bider (Godefroy) to trot. In 16th c. the F. word meant also some small kind of dagger. (The Celtic comparisons made by Diez and Littré are rejected by Thurneysen.)]
1. A small horse.
1630B. Jonson Chlorid. Wks. (1838) 656, I will return to myself, mount my bidet, in a dance, and curvet upon my curtal. 1828Disraeli Chas. I, I. ii. 18 Then there are thanks for two bidets which Henry sends him. 1863Sala Capt. Dangerous II. vi. 202, I trotted behind on a little Bidet.
2. |ˈbiːdeɪ|. ‘A vessel on a low, narrow stand, which can be bestridden’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.) for bathing purposes. Now usu. a shallow oval basin fitted in a bathroom, used for washing the perineum.
1766Smollett Trav. I. v. 64 Will custom exempt from the imputation of gross indecency a French lady, who shifts her frousy smock in presence of a male visitant, and talks to him of her lavement, her medecine, and her bidet! 1785Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Bidet, commonly pronounced biddy, a kind of tub, contrived for ladies to wash themselves, for which purpose they bestride it like a little French poney, or post horse, called in France bidets. 1801Ann. Reg. 1799 401/1 A machine answering the purposes of a portable water-closet, or bidet, and easy chair. 1959R. Gant World in Jug 60 We checked into our hotel near the Opéra and the boys joked about the bidets. |