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Definition of "toilette" []

  • The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself; toilet. (noun)
  • A person's dress or style of dress. (noun)
  • A gown or costume. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "toilette" in a sentence
  • "He added that "her toilette is rich but bizarre, and recalls the dress of Guercini's sibyls" with their loosely fitting, shoulder-baring costumes, again reminiscent of Sappho and the Grecian-draped Emma Hamilton (qtd. in Fraser,"
  • "Originally, a toilette was a dressing table and all its accoutrements, including a toile covering that hung to the floor."
  • "Happiness is the poetry of woman, as the toilette is her tinsel."