Meaning of toilette | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of toilet, in all senses related to dressing and personal grooming, but not a water closet.

alt-of, archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“No such very great degree of genius can be displayed in the rest⟳ of the toilette. The dress has been chosen—it fits you à ravir—it has simply to be put⟳ on with mathematical accuracy: but the bonnet is the triumph of taste⟳,—you must exert your intellect,—your destiny is in your own⟳ hands.”

“He was elaborately attired. He would ogle the ladies who came to lionise the university, and passed before him on the arms of happy gownsmen, and give⟳ his opinion upon their personal charms, or their toilettes, with the gravity of a critic whose experience⟳ entitled him to speak⟳ with authority.”

“It is so painful in you, Celia, that you will look⟳ at human beings as if they were merely animals with a toilette, and never see⟳ the great soul in a man's face⟳.”

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