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Definition of Toilette
1. Noun. The act of dressing and preparing yourself. "He made his morning toilet and went to breakfast"
Definition of Toilette
1. n. See Toilet, 3.
Definition of Toilette
1. Noun. (archaic) A dressing table, typically covered to the floor with cloth (originally, toile) and lace, on which stood a mirror, which might also be draped in lace. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of toilet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toilette
1. the act of dressing and grooming oneself [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toilette
Literary usage of Toilette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1828)
"The Hebrew Woman at her toilette, and in her Bridal character.) I understand that
the poor man is now gone to Hades, where let us hope that it is considered ..."
2. Nature Displayed in Her Mode of Teaching Language to Man by Nicolas Gouin Dufief (1810)
"On a beau dire, l'Europe a plus d'hommes qu'alors, et les hommes valent mieux.
Le même. Les Anciens et les Moderne», ou la toilette de Madame de ..."
3. Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette and Dress of the Best American by John A. Ruth, S. L. Louis (1881)
"THE toilette. IT is every woman's duty to make herself as beautiful as possible;
... Duty, has more to do with attention to the toilette than vanity. ..."
4. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt, Samuel George Chetwynd Middlemore (1904)
"What was the nature of these decorations appears doubtful. There is a list of
the arts of the toilette practised by women in Boccaccio, Dt Cos. ..."
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