washeeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

washee (複数形 washees)

1. One who is washed.
   • 1863, Life and Correspondence of Theod. Parker

     You are not the washer but the washee.

   • 1946, Intellect (volume 63, page 290)

     The expression, "washed out," became extremely common, and not necessarily in any sense disparaging to the "washee."

   • 1995, Margaret Guenther, Toward Holy Ground (page 43)

     I realized this all too well when as a seminarian I got stuck with the job of recruiting the washees for a Maundy Thursday service. It's much easier to be the one down on the floor with the basin […]