do one's ease
English
Etymology
A clipped form of do one's easement, a former euphemism for easing one's bowels.
Verb
do one's ease (third-person singular simple present does one's ease, present participle doing one's ease, simple past did one's ease, past participle done one's ease)
- (euphemistic, obsolete) To ease one's bowels: to defecate.
- 1645, J. Howell, Epistolae Ho-elianae, Ch. i, ยง xvii, p. 35:
- It happen'd the King was come from doing his Ease.
- 1645, J. Howell, Epistolae Ho-elianae, Ch. i, ยง xvii, p. 35:
Synonyms
- do one's duty, do one's easement, see also Thesaurus:defecate
Derived terms
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "ease, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1891.
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