Withoutdoors

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    outdoors archaic, not-comparable

    "The candles alight in the room / For my parting meal / Made all things withoutdoors loom / Strange, ghostly, unreal."

Example

More examples

"The candles alight in the room / For my parting meal / Made all things withoutdoors loom / Strange, ghostly, unreal."

Etymology

From without (“outside of, beyond”) + doors.

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