Meaning & use
Toilette
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The process of washing, dressing, and grooming oneself.
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She spent an hour at her toilette before the evening gala.
The novel describes the elaborate toilette of an eighteenth-century aristocrat.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from French; it also survives in the phrase 'eau de toilette,' a lighter form of perfume.
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groomingdressing
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