roomyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈruːmi/,

/ˈrʊmi/, U.S.

/ˈrumi/,

/ˈrʊmi/

Forms: see room n.¹ and int. and -y suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: room n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < room n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German rumich , Middle High German rūmec , both in sense ‘fugitive, deserting the countryside’, German räumig (late 14th cent. in sense ‘spacious’, now rare). Compare also Middle High German gerūmeclih , German geräumig , both in sense ‘spacious’. Compare earlier room adj. With use as adverb compare earlier roomward adv., room-way adv., and room adv. 3.

A. adj.

a. Having much room; spacious; capacious. Also: (in extended use) broad, extensive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > roomy

roomeOE

largec1230

spaciousa1382

ample1483

commodious1540

roomy1549

roomthy1578

roomsome1581

roomful1588

roomthsome1599

spacy1602

amplitudinous1904

spaceful1906

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Miv They doe builde new heauens, addyng also one heauen set aboue all the other, most fayre and rowmie [L. latissimo], least els perchance sainctes soules shoulde haue no elbowroome to walke, or bankette, or plaie at tenes also if theim listed.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. H viii^v The midle parte of roumie skye.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades vi. 105 Then shall we in our roomie keeles their wealthy treasure shippe.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 52 This makes a Ship more roomy.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 64 A place both more publick, roomy, and chargelesse.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 83 Let thy Vines in Intervals be set,..Indulge their Width, and add a roomy Space.

1743 R. Blair Grave 16 His roomy Chest by far too scant To give the Lungs full Play!

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 151 She..was a fine roomy ship.

1773 Life N. Frowde 199 He agreed..to accommodate us all on board his Ship, which was a very fine and roomy one.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 101 In this roomy currach, St. Cormac sailed into the north sea.

1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. viii. 77 A slim gentleman of bland aspect, with a roomy forehead.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxvii. 320 The outer garment of both sexes is a wide roomy coat which reaches down to the ground.

1909 M. Moore Let. 4 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 61 He spoke of Miss Jane Addams and the polling place in Chicago how it was a roomy airy salon ten times better than any male polling place in the country.

1959 R. K. Beardsley et al. Village Japan v. 101 For field work, women wear a surplice-cut blouse of dark cotton work cloth tucked into roomy, gathered-ankle field trousers (mompei) of similar material.

2008 New Yorker 28 Apr. 47/1 He delivers it in an accent of his own creation that veers between Texan and Midwestern, stretched by roomy vowels.

b. figurative. Of something immaterial: able to contain or accommodate much.

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1691 W. Wollaston Design Part of Bk. Ecclesiastes 35 This World does in its narrow ring contain Nothing can fill the roomy Soul of Man.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xlix This sort of Number is more Roomy. The Thought can turn it self with greater ease, in a larger compass.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 183 A roomy life, a glowing relish high.

1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 2 ‘Life is roomy yet, and the odds unbounded.’ So self-communed I.

1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 52 He has published significant articles on the Essay on Man, Wordsworth's White Doe of Rylestone, and the works of Ivy Compton–Burnett, ‘placing them all’, as he says, ‘within the roomy fabric of the Christian-Humanist tradition.’

a1972 P. Goodman Coll. Poems (1973) 98 My experience has generally Been roomy enough for me And I haven't wanted to do Or learn anything very new.

2. Of an animal: having a large abdominal capacity, esp. with regard to pregnancy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > stout or strong > of large proportions internally (of female)

roomy1743

1743 H. Bracken Farriery Improved (ed. 3) II. i. 29 I take him to be yet the best Twelve Stone Plate Horse in the Kingdom; but it is all owing to his deep Chest, and roomy or large Belly, which, when empty, suffers his Guts to fall back toward his Flanks.

1783 J. Hall-Stevenson Moral Tales ix. 43 A Peer offer'd his niece, That had been offer'd to a pleader, A fine, plump, buxom, roomy piece, Calculated for a breeder.

1794 W. Marshall in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 202 Some roomy good cows.

1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 ii. 430 A well-proportioned roomy cow.

1853 ‘Stonehenge’ Greyhound 174 A large roomy bitch..will most probably ‘throw’ a lot of undersized greyhounds.

1894 Field 9 June 846/1 [A mare,] a fine, roomy daughter of Lincolnshire Lad II.

1920 Dogdom May 150/1 To those prospective breeders let me advise getting a good sized roomy bitch.

1935 Times 16 Oct. 5/1 A roomy mare with fine bone, covering a lot of ground and not too big.

2004 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Nov. g8 I knew the mare would throw nice foals. She is a big, roomy type.

†B. adv. Nautical.

= room adv. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adverb] > with wind abaft the beam

room1564

roomward1589

roomy1624

room-way1627

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 192 At last she bore up rommy for the Sea, and we heard of her no more.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 224 The next was a ship of Holland... She was put roomy.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 18 Beare vp the helme, goe roumy.

1672 J. Phillips Maronides v. 37 Gyas who thought his Pilot steer'd, Too Roomie..Roard..Why so far off, keep close ye Rogue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roomy
释义	roomyadj.adv. Brit. /ˈruːmi/, /ˈrʊmi/, U.S. /ˈrumi/, /ˈrʊmi/ Forms: see room n.¹ and int. and -y suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: room n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < room n.¹ + -y suffix¹. Compare Middle Low German rumich , Middle High German rūmec , both in sense ‘fugitive, deserting the countryside’, German räumig (late 14th cent. in sense ‘spacious’, now rare). Compare also Middle High German gerūmeclih , German geräumig , both in sense ‘spacious’. Compare earlier room adj. With use as adverb compare earlier roomward adv., room-way adv., and room adv. 3. A. adj. 1. a. Having much room; spacious; capacious. Also: (in extended use) broad, extensive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > roomy roomeOE largec1230 spaciousa1382 ample1483 commodious1540 roomy1549 roomthy1578 roomsome1581 roomful1588 roomthsome1599 spacy1602 amplitudinous1904 spaceful1906 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Miv They doe builde new heauens, addyng also one heauen set aboue all the other, most fayre and rowmie [L. latissimo], least els perchance sainctes soules shoulde haue no elbowroome to walke, or bankette, or plaie at tenes also if theim listed. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. H viii^v The midle parte of roumie skye. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades vi. 105 Then shall we in our roomie keeles their wealthy treasure shippe. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. xi. 52 This makes a Ship more roomy. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 64 A place both more publick, roomy, and chargelesse. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 83 Let thy Vines in Intervals be set,..Indulge their Width, and add a roomy Space. View more context for this quotation 1743 R. Blair Grave 16 His roomy Chest by far too scant To give the Lungs full Play! 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 151 She..was a fine roomy ship. 1773 Life N. Frowde 199 He agreed..to accommodate us all on board his Ship, which was a very fine and roomy one. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 101 In this roomy currach, St. Cormac sailed into the north sea. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1854) I. viii. 77 A slim gentleman of bland aspect, with a roomy forehead. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxvii. 320 The outer garment of both sexes is a wide roomy coat which reaches down to the ground. 1909 M. Moore Let. 4 Feb. in Sel. Lett. (1997) 61 He spoke of Miss Jane Addams and the polling place in Chicago how it was a roomy airy salon ten times better than any male polling place in the country. 1959 R. K. Beardsley et al. Village Japan v. 101 For field work, women wear a surplice-cut blouse of dark cotton work cloth tucked into roomy, gathered-ankle field trousers (mompei) of similar material. 2008 New Yorker 28 Apr. 47/1 He delivers it in an accent of his own creation that veers between Texan and Midwestern, stretched by roomy vowels. b. figurative. Of something immaterial: able to contain or accommodate much. ΚΠ 1691 W. Wollaston Design Part of Bk. Ecclesiastes 35 This World does in its narrow ring contain Nothing can fill the roomy Soul of Man. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xlix This sort of Number is more Roomy. The Thought can turn it self with greater ease, in a larger compass. 1827 R. Pollok Course of Time II. ix. 183 A roomy life, a glowing relish high. 1898 T. Hardy Wessex Poems 2 ‘Life is roomy yet, and the odds unbounded.’ So self-communed I. 1963 F. C. Crews Pooh Perplex 52 He has published significant articles on the Essay on Man, Wordsworth's White Doe of Rylestone, and the works of Ivy Compton–Burnett, ‘placing them all’, as he says, ‘within the roomy fabric of the Christian-Humanist tradition.’ a1972 P. Goodman Coll. Poems (1973) 98 My experience has generally Been roomy enough for me And I haven't wanted to do Or learn anything very new. 2. Of an animal: having a large abdominal capacity, esp. with regard to pregnancy. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > stout or strong > of large proportions internally (of female) roomy1743 1743 H. Bracken Farriery Improved (ed. 3) II. i. 29 I take him to be yet the best Twelve Stone Plate Horse in the Kingdom; but it is all owing to his deep Chest, and roomy or large Belly, which, when empty, suffers his Guts to fall back toward his Flanks. 1783 J. Hall-Stevenson Moral Tales ix. 43 A Peer offer'd his niece, That had been offer'd to a pleader, A fine, plump, buxom, roomy piece, Calculated for a breeder. 1794 W. Marshall in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 202 Some roomy good cows. 1853 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 14 ii. 430 A well-proportioned roomy cow. 1853 ‘Stonehenge’ Greyhound 174 A large roomy bitch..will most probably ‘throw’ a lot of undersized greyhounds. 1894 Field 9 June 846/1 [A mare,] a fine, roomy daughter of Lincolnshire Lad II. 1920 Dogdom May 150/1 To those prospective breeders let me advise getting a good sized roomy bitch. 1935 Times 16 Oct. 5/1 A roomy mare with fine bone, covering a lot of ground and not too big. 2004 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 11 Nov. g8 I knew the mare would throw nice foals. She is a big, roomy type. †B. adv. Nautical. = room adv. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adverb] > with wind abaft the beam room1564 roomward1589 roomy1624 room-way1627 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 192 At last she bore up rommy for the Sea, and we heard of her no more. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia 224 The next was a ship of Holland... She was put roomy. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 18 Beare vp the helme, goe roumy. 1672 J. Phillips Maronides v. 37 Gyas who thought his Pilot steer'd, Too Roomie..Roard..Why so far off, keep close ye Rogue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1549
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