withoutdoors

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

withoutdoors (not comparable)

1. (archaic) outdoors
   • 1917, Thomas Hardy, At the Word 'Fairwell':

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

Related terms

• without-door