Outwith

//aʊtˈwɪð// adv, prep

adv, prep ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Outside, outwardly; outwards. not-comparable
Preposition
  1. 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."

Example

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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