outdoor

adjectiveverbattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//aʊtˈdɔː//

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.

adjective

1
Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].
2
Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution.
Believing social policy should be directed by experts to bring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number, Benthamites judged the old Poor Law outdoor relief system a recipe for waste and idleness.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Old English duru Middle English dore English door English outdoor From out- + door.

verb

1
To publicly display a child after it has been named

Forms

past tense: outdoored
past participle: outdoored
present participle: outdooring
third person singular: outdoors

outcast · To cast out; to banish.outcome · That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or…outdated · Out of date, old-fashioned, antiquated.

outdoor · Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.

outdoors · Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected;…outer · Outside; external.outfit · A set of clothing (with accessories).

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