ablute
/əˈbluːt/Chiefly informal
verb
1 [with object] To wash (oneself, or a part of the body).
2 [no object] To wash oneself; to bathe.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in John Moyle (d. 1714), naval surgeon. From classical Latin ablūt-, past participial stem of abluere to wash off. Compare French abluer to wash, to bathe.
- house officer
- house of God
- house of ill fame
- house of ill repute
- House of Keys
- House of Lords
- house of reformation
- House of Representatives
- house organ
- houseowner
- house paddock
- house painter
- houseparent
- house parlourmaid
- house parlourman
- house party
- House-passed
- house phone
- house physician
- house pile
- window tax
- window treatment
- window washer
- wind pack
- windpipe