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extraforaneous

extraforaneous adjective: outdoor.

Adjective

extraforaneous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, rare) Outdoor.
    • My dear friend, fine weather, and a variety of extraforaneous occupations, (search Johnson's dictionary for the word, and if not found there, insert it—for it saves a deal of circumlocution, and is very lawfully compounded) make it diffcult[…]for me to find opportunities for writing. My morning is...1781 April 2, William Cowper, Letter LXXIV to the Rev. William Unwin
    • A compendious description of our native plants, sufficiently full to enable the young botanist to determine the species that might come in his way, and at the same time neither too bulky for extraforaneous use, nor too expensive, has also been greatly desired.1835, W. McGillivray, “Preface”, in William Withering, A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants, 3rd edition, page v

Origin of extraforaneous

From extra- + Latin foris (“door”) + -aneous.

Questions about extraforaneous

What does extraforaneous mean?
Extraforaneous means outdoor.
What part of speech is extraforaneous?
Extraforaneous is an adjective.

Words near extraforaneous in the dictionary

  1. extrafocal
  2. extrafoliaceous
  3. extrafollicular
  4. extrafollicularly
  5. extraforaminal
  6. extraforaneous
  7. extraformational
  8. extrafoveal
  9. extrafoveally
  10. extraframework
  11. extrafusal

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