Meanings
plural hip baths
- Synonym of sitz bath.
A douche or hip-bath may be taken every morning, winter and summer, with the temperature of the water suited to the endurance of the individual. In summer a second or sponge-bath may be taken on retiring.
1876, Eliza Bisbee Duffey, Our Behaviour: A Manual of Etiquette and Dress of the Best American Society, PhiladelphiaSynonyms: sitz bath
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of sitz bath.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna bathtub in which your buttocks and hips are immersed as if you were sitting in a chair and you bathe in a sitting position
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
hip + bath. From bathing of (only) the hips
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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