toilet water

noun

A perfumed mixture of water and alcohol somewhat like cologne: synonym of eau de toilette.

Meanings

nountoilet water (countable and uncountable, plural toilet waters)

plural toilet waters

  1. countableuncountableA perfumed mixture of water and alcohol somewhat like cologne: synonym of eau de toilette.

    A toilet water with a strong scent, originally produced at Cologne, Germany.

    2008, Andrew Delahunty, “eau de Cologne”, in From Bonbon to Cha-cha: Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 107
  2. countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see toilet, water: wastewater in a toilet.

    This may provide a simple explanation for the seemingly universal desire of all dogs to drink from the toilet. Since toilet water has likely been refreshed more recently than the water in Fido's bowl, it tastes better.

    2019, Marc Bekoff, Jessica Pierce, Unleashing Your Dog

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna perfumed liquid lighter than cologne

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frencheau de toilette
  2. Englishtoilet water

Calque of French eau de toilette.

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Chicago

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