out-of-doors

[ out-uhv-dawrz, -dohrz ]

adjective

1. Also out-of-door. outdoor.

noun

1. (used with a singular verb) outdoors.

out-of-doors

adverb

1. postpositive in the open air; outside Alsooutdoors

Word History and Origins

Origin of out-of-doors¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

For days after I returned I wandered about out-of-doors in a gay irresponsible mood, and carolled all over the house.

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Textures and surface qualities, local or personal colors, lose their significance to the figure out-of-doors.

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Out-of-doors the color looked bright and light, and when you get it in-doors it looks dark and gray, and perhaps muddy and dead.

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And now all these things were ours—Henriette's and mine—without our having had to stir out-of-doors to get them.

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They talked of school and study, and Latin lessons that were so hard to learn when the out-of-doors called.

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Related Words

• breezy
• uncluttered