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privy

priv·y [ prívvee ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. sharing secret knowledge: sharing knowledge of something secret or private
I was privy to their plans to elope.

2. relating to somebody in private capacity: relating to somebody, especially a British monarch, as a private person, not as an official personage

3. secret: done or spoken secretly or privately ( archaic )



noun  (plural priv·ies)
Definition:
 
1. toilet: an outhouse

2. law somebody else involved in something: somebody who has an interest or agency in something that involves another party

[12th century. Via French privé< Latin privatus (see private)]
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