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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMODE, n. A kind of head dress formerly worn by ladies.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne]
2: a tall elegant chest of drawers [syn: chiffonier, commode]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French, from commode, adjective, suitable, convenient, from Latin commodus, from com- + modus measure — more at mete Date: circa 1688 1. a woman's ornate cap popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries 2. a. a low chest of drawers b. a movable washstand with a cupboard underneath c. a boxlike structure holding a chamber pot under an open seat; also chamber pot d. toilet 3b

Britannica Concise

Piece of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers, used in France from the late 17th cent. Most had marble tops, and some were fitted with pairs of doors. A.-C. Boulle was among the first to make commodes, which were heavy in form and elaborately decorated in marquetry veneers and ormolu. In the Louis XV period (1715-74), extravagant curves and flamboyant surface ornament became fashionable. The 19th-cent. commode lost its decorative features and became purely functional.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a chest of drawers. 2 (also night-commode) a a bedside table with a cupboard containing a chamber-pot. b a chamber-pot concealed in a chair with a hinged cover. 3 = CHIFFONIER. Etymology: F, adj. (as noun) f. L commodus convenient (as COM-, modus measure)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Commode Com*mode", n. [F. commode, fr. commode convenient, L. commodus; com- + modus measure, mode. See Mode.] 1. A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height. Or under high commodes, with looks erect. --Granville. 2. A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion; as: (a) A chest of drawers or a bureau. (b) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel. (c) A kind of close stool. (d) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(commodes) 1. A commode is a movable piece of furniture shaped like a chair, which has a large pot below or inside it. It is used as a toilet, especially by people who are too ill to be able to walk easily. (mainly BRIT) N-COUNT 2. A commode is a toilet. (AM) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Chest of drawers, small bureau, dressing-table. 2. Somno, night-stool.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A woman's head dress.