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privy /privˈi/ adjective- Private
- Of or belonging to a particular person, own, personal
- For private uses
- Secret
- (of a place, etc) appropriate to withdrawal or retirement
- (with to) sharing the knowledge of (something secret), apprised of, party to
- Familiar, intimate (obsolete)
noun- A person having an interest in an action, contract, conveyance, etc (law)
- A lavatory, esp in its own shed or outhouse (old)
ORIGIN: Fr privé, from L prīvātus private privˈily adverb (literary) - Privately
- Secretly
privˈity noun - Privacy (archaic)
- Secrecy (archaic)
- Something kept private or secret (obsolete)
- Innermost thoughts or private counsels (obsolete)
- Knowledge, shared with another, of something private or confidential
- Knowledge implying concurrence
- Any legally recognized relation between different interests
privy chamber noun A private apartment in a royal residence privy council noun - Orig the private council of a sovereign, advising in the administration of government
- (with caps) now in the UK, a committee of advisors to the sovereign whose membership consists of all present and past members of the Cabinet and other eminent people, its functions being mainly formal or performed by committees, etc
- (with caps) in certain countries of the British Commonwealth, a body of advisers to the governor-general, including eg cabinet ministers of the country concerned
privy councillor or privy counsellor noun (also with caps) privy purse noun (also with caps) an allowance for the private or personal use of the sovereign privy seal see under seal1 gentlemen of the privy chamber Officials in the royal household in attendance at court Lord Privy Seal see under seal1 purse /pûrs/ noun- A small bag for carrying money
- A sum of money in a purse
- A sum given as a present or offered as a prize
- Funds
- Formerly, a live coal flying out of the fire, regarded as a good omen
- A woman's handbag (N American)
- A purse-like receptacle or cavity (obsolete medicine or biology)
transitive verb- To put into a purse or one's own purse, to pocket
- To contract (one's lips) into a rounded, puckered shape, esp in order to express displeasure, etc
- To contract or draw into folds or wrinkles
intransitive verb- To pucker
- To steal purses (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE purs, appar from LL bursa, from Gr byrsa a hide purseˈful noun - As much as a purse can hold
- Enough to fill a purse
pursˈer noun - Formerly, a naval paymaster
- An officer in charge of cabins, stewards, etc
pursˈership noun purseˈ-bearer noun - A person who has charge of another person's money
- A treasurer
- A person who carries in a bag the Great Seal for the Lord Chancellor, or the royal commission for the Lord High Commissioner
purseˈ-net noun A bag-shaped net that closes by a drawstring at the neck purseˈ-pride noun purseˈ-proud adjective - Proud of one's wealth
- Insolent from wealth
purseˈ-seine noun A seine-net that can be drawn into the shape of a bag purseˈ-seiner noun A fishing-vessel equipped with such nets purseˈ-sharing noun The sharing-out of an individual fee or prize between all members of the recipient's firm or team purseˈ-snatcher noun purseˈ-snatching noun purse strings plural noun The strings fastening a purse (usu figurative) purseˈ-taking noun Robbing privy purse An allowance for a sovereign's private expenses public purse see under public |