单词 | open-doored |
释义 | open-dooredadj. 1. Having the door open. ΚΠ 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 97 The open-doored cottages and blazing hearths. 1963 Econ. Geogr. 39 217/1 A melange of confusing odors emanating from open-doored markets. 2002 Scotsman (Nexis) 26 Apr. 11 I wasn't in the ladies' loo, but that noble place of recreation has a large open-doored foyer, and I heard her as I ambled past. 2. figurative. Ready to take in or receive; keeping open house, hospitable. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > [adjective] > hospitable harborous1526 hospitable1570 hospital1570 harboursome1584 hospitalious1596 hospitious?1611 entertaining1640 xenodochial1716 open-housed1804 open house1836 open-doored1842 1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair iv. i Some, Whose ears are open-doored to phantoms. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 16 A house Once rich, now poor, but ever open-door'd. 1908 Daily Chron. 28 July 3/1 On the wide and sunny road, All open-doored with God. 2001 Nat. Catholic Reporter (Nexis) 19 Oct. 21 Why should we be so rigid, seeing strangers as interlopers, when the very definition of Christianity was an open-doored community of believers? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1839 |
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