Meanings
adverbwithoutdoors (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableoutdoors
The candles alight in the room / For my parting meal / Made all things withoutdoors loom / Strange, ghostly, unreal.
1917, Thomas Hardy, At the Word 'Fairwell'
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
From without (“outside of, beyond”) + doors.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
withoutdoors. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withoutdoors
MLA
“withoutdoors.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withoutdoors. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “withoutdoors,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/withoutdoors.
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