Word: gardyloo
Part of speech: Interjection
Syllables: gar
dy
loo
Definition: Used by people in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late as the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
Morphemes:
Affix: gardyloo
Language: en
PoS: Interjection
Meaning: Used by people in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late as the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: gardez leau
Language: fr
Decoded: gardez leau
Meaning: mind the water