Unrooved
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Rare form of unroofed. form-of, not-comparable, rare
"Cities harbour countless such pale frigates, ghost ships, anchorless, unrecorded cruisers who pass through ports unwelcomed & soon exit thankless—though glad to find most cities’ freedoms & complexities, including domiciles, unrooved, unmitred—not like homes which occupants must broom & furnish & then lock to keep outside such passersby as these, the uninvited."
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More examples"Cities harbour countless such pale frigates, ghost ships, anchorless, unrecorded cruisers who pass through ports unwelcomed & soon exit thankless—though glad to find most cities’ freedoms & complexities, including domiciles, unrooved, unmitred—not like homes which occupants must broom & furnish & then lock to keep outside such passersby as these, the uninvited."
Etymology
From un- + rooved.
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