withoutdoors

withoutdoors
adverb also withoutdoor \\ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\
Etymology: from the phrase without doors, without door

the candles alight in the room … made all things withoutdoors loom strange — Thomas Hardy

2. usually without doors : outside of a group, community, or deliberative body

in arguing the case before the generality of voters without doors a more cautious approach was necessary — V.L.Parrington

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/widh owt"dawrz', -dohrz', with-/, adv.
out of doors.
[1610-20; WITHOUT + DOOR + -S1]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • withoutdoors — [with out′dôrz΄] adv. archaic var. of OUTDOORS …   English World dictionary

  • withoutdoors — adverb Date: 1617 outdoors …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • withoutdoors — /widh owt dawrz , dohrz , with /, adv. out of doors. [1610 20; WITHOUT + DOOR + S1] * * * …   Universalium

  • withoutdoors — with•out•doors [[t]wɪðˈaʊtˌdɔrz, ˌdoʊrz, wɪθ [/t]] adv. out of doors • Etymology: 1610–20 …   From formal English to slang

  • without — prep. 1. not with, with no, unaccompanied by; in the absence of, sans, lacking, short of, wanting, in want of, less, requiring; destitute of, deprived of, in need of. 2. free from, unburdened by, unencumbered by, not having, in default of;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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