vespasiennen.

Brit.

/ˌvɛspɑːzɪˈɛn/, U.S.

/ˌvɛsˌpɑziˈɛn/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French vespasienne.

Etymology: < French vespasienne carriage serving as a portable toilet (1834; compare quot. 1834), public urinal (1836) < the name of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor, 69–79, who introduced a tax on the collection of urine (used e.g. in dyeing fabric).Not fully naturalized in English. Compare vespasian n.

In France: a public urinal. Cf. pissoir n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > public

vespasienne1834

public lavatory1880

chalet1881

public toilet1895

rear1902

cottage1909

comfort station1923

public convenience1938

vespasian1938

facility1939

superloo1965

1834 Archit. Mag. Mar. 46 You have, no doubt, heard of the carriages called Les Vespasiennes, which, in plain English, are ambulatory water-closets: they are now very popular in Paris.

1869 F. Ferguson Wanderings in France & Switzerland iii. 47 The wide promenades were lined with trees, seats and little towers covered with advertisements, called Vespasiennes.

1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room iii. 44 My first request was permission to visit the vespasienne.

1975 Times 4 Mar. 6/1 The vicissitudes of a village vespasienne.

2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. e33 We get a nostalgic essay on the vespasiennes, the public urinals of yesteryear, which gave way in the late 1930's to more hygienic chalets de necessite for both sexes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vespasienne
释义	vespasiennen. Brit. /ˌvɛspɑːzɪˈɛn/, U.S. /ˌvɛsˌpɑziˈɛn/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French vespasienne. Etymology: < French vespasienne carriage serving as a portable toilet (1834; compare quot. 1834), public urinal (1836) < the name of Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Roman Emperor, 69–79, who introduced a tax on the collection of urine (used e.g. in dyeing fabric).Not fully naturalized in English. Compare vespasian n. In France: a public urinal. Cf. pissoir n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > public vespasienne1834 public lavatory1880 chalet1881 public toilet1895 rear1902 cottage1909 comfort station1923 public convenience1938 vespasian1938 facility1939 superloo1965 1834 Archit. Mag. Mar. 46 You have, no doubt, heard of the carriages called Les Vespasiennes, which, in plain English, are ambulatory water-closets: they are now very popular in Paris. 1869 F. Ferguson Wanderings in France & Switzerland iii. 47 The wide promenades were lined with trees, seats and little towers covered with advertisements, called Vespasiennes. 1922 E. E. Cummings Enormous Room iii. 44 My first request was permission to visit the vespasienne. 1975 Times 4 Mar. 6/1 The vicissitudes of a village vespasienne. 2006 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Feb. e33 We get a nostalgic essay on the vespasiennes, the public urinals of yesteryear, which gave way in the late 1930's to more hygienic chalets de necessite for both sexes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1834
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