PRIVY

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English prive, from Anglo-French privé, from Latin privatus private Date: 14th century 1. private , withdrawn , secret , belonging or relating to a person in one's individual rather than official capacity, admitted as one sharing in a secret , privily adverb II. noun (plural privies) Date: 14th century 1. a small building having a bench with holes through which the user may defecate or urinate, toilet 3b, a person having a legal interest of privity