A toilette in French means in an old fashion way, your attire and prettying up. Perfume being an important part of a good âtoiletteâ, you have some water dedicated to prettying up (faire sa toilette). So âeau de toiletteâ is a type of water (perfume) dedicated to be more beautiful.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  prosaic(Adjective) Pertaining to or having the characteristics of prose. The tenor of Eliot's prosaic work differs greatly from that of his poetry. 2  prosaic(Adjective) Straightforward; matter-of-fact; lacking the feeling or elegance of poetry.
A pot of wassail. Wassail (/ËwÉsÉl/, /-eÉªl/; Old Norse ves heil, Old English was hÃ¡l, literally: be hale) is a beverage of hot mulled cider, traditionally drunk as an integral part of wassailing, a Medieval English drinking ritual intended to ensure a good cider apple harvest the following year. 1 Etymology.