adoors

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adverb

At the door, or through the door.

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Meanings

adverbadoors (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteAt the door, or through the door.

    He seem'd to find his way without his eyes, for out adoors he went without their help.

    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]
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    But one of the flock-dogs took his time while they were busie, and ran out adoors with a shoulder of mutton.

    1657, Longus, “Daphnis and Chloe”, in George Thornley, transl., Book 3

Origin

From the obsolete preposition a and doors.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

adoors. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoors

MLA

“adoors.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoors. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adoors,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adoors.

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