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Vinony

outdoor

adjective

  1. in or designed for open air
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Pronunciation: /aʊtˈdɔː/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English door English outdoor From out- + door.

  1. Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.

    “A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].”

  2. Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution.

    “Believing social policy should be directed by experts to bring about the greatest happiness of the greatest number, Benthamites judged the old Poor Law outdoor relief system a recipe for waste and idleness.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English door English outdoor From out- + door.

  1. To publicly display a child after it has been named