roomth

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/ɹʊmθ//ɹuːmθ/

noun

Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.

OriginMiddle English rymthe ← Old English rȳmþ ← Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu →
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Meanings

nounroomth (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableRoom; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.

    But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side

    1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion
  2. obsoleteuncountableRoominess; spaciousness.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*rūm“roomy, spacious”
  2. Proto-West Germanic*rūmiþu“roominess”
  3. Old Englishrȳmþ“roominess, spaciousness”
  4. Middle Englishrymthe
  5. Englishroomth

Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”), Swedish rymd (“space”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

roomth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roomth

MLA

“roomth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roomth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roomth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roomth.

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