adoors
English edit
Etymology edit
From the obsolete preposition a and doors.
Adverb edit
adoors (not comparable)
- (obsolete) At the door, or through the door.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
- He seem'd to find his way without his eyes,
for out adoors he went without their help.
- 1657, Longus, “Daphnis and Chloe”, in George Thornley, transl., Book 3:
- But one of the flock-dogs took his time while they were busie, and ran out adoors with a shoulder of mutton.
References edit
“adoors”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.