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lavatorial en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin lavātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, lavatory + -al.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to a lavatory
    • The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial glazed tiling is dirty and cracked, the paint is peeling, and there is a general air of decay," Guardian journalist Charles Cook wrote in a 1974 feature. But as Cook himself discovered, this decrepitness disguised the positives of Underground travel. 2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45:
  2. scatological

Forms

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more lavatorial Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most lavatorial Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

lavatorially

Relateds

lavatory