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withoutdoors

American  
[with-out-dawrz, -dohrz, with-] / wɪðˈaʊtˌdɔrz, -ˌdoʊrz, wɪθ- /

adverb

  1. out of doors.

withoutdoors British  
/ ˈwɪðaʊtˈdɔːz /

adverb

  1. an obsolete word for outdoors

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Etymology

Origin of withoutdoors

First recorded in 1610–20; without + door + -s 1

Example Sentences

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The candles alight in the room    For my parting meal Made all things withoutdoors loom    Strange, ghostly, unreal.

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas

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