What is another word for Toilette?

Pronunciation: [tɔ͡ɪlˈɛt] (IPA)

Toilette is a French word that refers to a grooming or dressing process. It has a formal and somewhat antiquated feel to it. Some synonyms for toilette include dressing, grooming, adorning, primping, preening, and grooming. These terms are often used to describe the various activities that one might engage in when getting ready for a formal event, such as putting on makeup, styling hair, or donning a fancy outfit. Other words that are associated with toilette include toiletries, cosmetics, personal care products, and grooming tools. Regardless of the word used, the goal is always the same: to present oneself well and look their best.

Synonyms for Toilette:

What are the hypernyms for Toilette?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Toilette

Charlotte was sent upstairs with a maid to make her Toilette for luncheon.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
Here I found clothing and every necessary awaiting me, and hastened to make such a Toilette as my weakness and weariness would allow.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
Your triple courtship, however, excuses the disregard with which you treat the Toilette of an old friend.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse

Famous quotes with Toilette

  • Who claims Truth, Truth abandons.She needs rather to be tended lovingly and honorably by fabulists and counterfeiters, Ballad-Mongers and Cranks of ev'ry Radius, Masters of Disguise to provide her the Costume, Toilette, and Bearing, and Speech nimble enough to keep her beyond the Desires, or even the Curiosity, of Government.
    Thomas Pynchon

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