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privie

privie is the obsolete spelling of privy.

Meaning of privy

Adjective

privy (comparative more privy, superlative most privy)

  1. (historical) Private, exclusive; not public; one's own.
    • The king retreated to his privy chamber.
  2. (archaic) Secret, hidden, concealed.
    • Nonetheless, in the dark and privy stillness of our minds there are few of us who are not still haunted by worrisome doubts.1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 82
  3. With knowledge of; party to; let in on.
    • He was privy to the discussions.

See all 7 meanings of privy

Forms of privie

comparativemore privie
superlativemost privie

Questions about privie

What is privie the obsolete spelling of?
Privie is the obsolete spelling of privy.

Words near privie in the dictionary

  1. privets
  2. Privett
  3. Privette
  4. Privettes
  5. Privetts
  6. privie
  7. privies
  8. priviest
  9. priviledg
  10. priviledge
  11. priviledges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: privie (page history and authors); privy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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