Definitions for privy

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privy priv·y

Spelling: [priv-ee]

IPA: /ˈprɪv i/

Privy is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in privy (iprvy).

Definitions for privy

noun

1. outhouse (def 1).
2. Law. a person participating directly in or having a derivative interest in a legal transaction.

adjective

1. participating in the knowledge of something private or secret (usually followed by to):
2. private; assigned to private uses.
3. belonging or pertaining to some particular person, especially with reference to a sovereign.
4. secret, concealed, hidden, or secluded.
5. acting or done in secret.

Origin of privy

1175-1225; Middle English prive Old French: private (adj.), close friend, private place (noun) Latin prīvātus private

Examples for privy

Methinks the baker is just as good a man as the privy councillor.

We have reason to believe he was privy to this report before it was released.

After the privy Council outrage there was very little for Franklin to do.

A reward for your apprehension was actually deliberated at the privy Council.

Pinsky was also privy to payouts for his celebrity, accepting a lucrative consulting gig with Janssen Pharmaceutica.

Whereupon Clifton threatened to complain to the privy Council.

I'm just an average citizen not privy to that kind of information.

He believes he is privy to information not reflected in polls.

If they were privy to inside information about revenues looking weak, is that a problem?

This question was referred to a committee of eight privy Councillors.