Unrooved

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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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"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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