Jakes
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jakes¹
- /d͡ʒeɪks/
Rhymes with -eɪks
Where it comes from
From Middle English Jake (variant of “Jack”) or Jakke (variant of “Jacques” and “Jack”). Use as a place to urinate and defecate first attested in the form jacques. Compare terms such as US slang Cousin John and Quincy, used as euphemistic personifications the speaker was "visiting".
noun jakeses · jacks · jacques · jakes's
- A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory. My lord, if you’ll give me leave, I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.
noun jacks · jacques · jakes's · jakeses
- plural of jake
verb jacks · jacques · jakes's · jakeses
- third-person singular simple present indicative of jake
Jakes²
- /d͡ʒeɪks/
Where it comes from
From Jake + -s (patronymic suffix).
proper noun
- A surname.
