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单词 out-of-doorness
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out-of-doornessn.

Brit. /ˌaʊtəvˈdɔːnəs/, U.S. /ˌaʊdə(v)ˈdɔrnəs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out of doors adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < out of doors adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier outdoorness n. at outdoor adj., adv., and n.2 Derivatives, out of doors adj.
The state or quality of being in the open air or of being suggestive of the open air.
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1863 Cornhill Mag. Jan. 137 ‘Wild Wales’..has the inalienable interest of out-of-doorness.
1893 National Rev. 21 July 685 A cheery voice that had always, somehow, a suggestion of out-of-doorness about it.
1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row xxiii. 255 Hazzard liked..the play of the wind through his aggressive hair. It gave him a feeling of out-of-doorness and of freedom.
1995 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Mar. 31/4 Dominating the Acropolis was the Parthenon, a building offering itself to display, with the quality that Moses Finley called ‘out-of-doorness’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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