privy (***712;pr***618;v***618
adj, privier or priviest
1. (foll by: to) participating in the knowledge of something secret
2. secret, hidden, etc
3. of or relating to one person only
n, pl privies
4.
a lavatory, esp an outside one
5. (Law) law a person in privity with another. See privity1
[C13: from Old French privé something private, from Latin pr***299;v***257;tusprivate]