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withoutdoors

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English

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Etymology

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From without (“outside of, beyond”) +‎ doors.[1]

Adverb

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withoutdoors (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) outdoors
    • 1917, Thomas Hardy, At the Word 'Fairwell':
      The candles alight in the room / For my parting meal / Made all things withoutdoors loom / Strange, ghostly, unreal.
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References

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  1. ^ “withoutdoors, adv. (and adj.)”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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