toilette

Thân thiện

He completes his morning toilette before leaving for work.

Definition

Noun: 1. The process or act of washing, grooming, and dressing oneself. This refers to the routine of personal care and preparation for the day or for an event.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • She completed her toilette before joining the guests in the drawing room.
  • His elaborate morning toilette took over an hour.

Advanced Usage

• "To make one's toilette": This is a formal or somewhat old-fashioned phrase meaning to perform one's grooming and dressing routine.
  • After making her toilette, she felt ready to face the day.

Variants and Related Words

• Toilet (noun): In modern usage, this almost exclusively refers to a bathroom fixture or the room containing it. Historically, it shared the meaning of "toilette" as the act of grooming.
• Toiletries (plural noun): Items used in washing, grooming, and dressing, such as soap, toothpaste, and cosmetics.

Synonyms

• Grooming
• Ablutions (formal, often humorous)
• Primping

Notes on Usage

• Formality & Archaism: The word is now considered quite formal and somewhat archaic. It is rarely used in everyday modern English. The more common terms are "getting ready," "grooming," or simply "getting dressed."
• False Friend: Learners should be careful not to confuse with the modern word toilet. While historically related, they have very different primary meanings today.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of dressing and preparing yourself
   • he made his morning toilet and went to breakfast

Từ đồng nghĩa

• toilet