toilette

toilette: cultus, ūs: cultus et ornatus, ūs: women are known for elegance of t.: munditiae et o. et c., haec feminarum insignia sunt, Liv. 34, 7: v. DRESS. Phr.: a lady's t. belongings, animi muliebris apparatus, Val. Max. 9, 1, 3: her t. is her charm, speculo placet, Ov. A. A. 3, 681: to spend time at the t., occupatum esse inter pectinem speculumque, Sen. (Kr.): too much engaged at the t., in cute curanda plus aequo operata, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 29: a t.-table, *abacus mundo muliebri instructus, ad ornandum factus (Kr.): to make one's t., *ornari; comi ac vestiri (Kr.).