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.
late 14c., a difficult question proposed for solution, from Old French problÃ¨me (14c.) and directly from Latin problema, from Greek problema a task, that which is proposed, a question; also anything projecting, headland, promontory; fence, barrier; also a problem in geometry, literally thing put forward, from proballein propose, from pro forward (see pro-) + ballein to throw (see ballistics).