Outwith
//aʊtˈwɪð// adv, prep
adv, prep ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Outside, outwardly; outwards. not-comparable
Preposition
- 1 Outside; beyond; outside of. Scotland
"All at once he’d wanted to buy a place there, but it had been too isolated for his wife – and outwith their means anyway."
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More examples"All at once he’d wanted to buy a place there, but it had been too isolated for his wife – and outwith their means anyway."
Etymology
From Middle English outwith, outewith, a transposed variant of Middle English withoute (“without”). Cognate to Scots ootwi. By surface analysis, out + with.
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