Roomth

//ɹʊmθ// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place. obsolete, uncountable

    "But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side"

  2. 2
    Roominess; spaciousness. obsolete, uncountable

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"But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”), Swedish rymd (“space”).

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