OUTDOOR

outdoor

(adjective) pertaining to or concerning the outdoors or outdoor activities; “outdoor education is the area of teacher training concerned with training for outdoor activities”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

outdoor (not comparable)

Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]

Synonyms: out-of-door, outside

Antonyms: indoor, inside

Pertaining to charity administered or received away from, or independently from, a workhouse or other institution. [from 19th c.]

Verb

outdoor (third-person singular simple present outdoors, present participle outdooring, simple past and past participle outdoored)

(in some African communities) To publicly display a child after it has been named

Source: Wiktionary


Out"door`, a. Etym: [For out of door.]

Definition: Being, or done, in the open air; being or done outside of certain buildings, as poorhouses, hospitals, etc.; as, outdoor exercise; outdoor relief; outdoor patients.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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