lavatorial

English

Etymology

From Latin lavātōrius ‎ -al. By surface analysis, lavatory ‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl

Adjective

lavatorial (comparative more lavatorial, superlative most lavatorial)

1. Of or pertaining to a lavatory
   • 2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45:

     The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial glazed tiling is dirty and cracked, the paint is peeling, and there is a general air of decay," Guardian journalist Charles Cook wrote in a 1974 feature. But as Cook himself discovered, this decrepitness disguised the positives of Underground travel.

2. scatological

Related terms

• lavatory (adjective)

References

• “lavatorial”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.