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out⋅door

[out-dawr, -dohr]
–adjective
1. Also, outdoors. characteristic of, located, occurring, or belonging outdoors: an outdoor barbecue; outdoor sports.
2. outdoorsy.

Origin:
1740–50; out- + door
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out·door   (out'dôr', -dōr')   
adj.  Located in, done in, or suited to the open air: badminton and other outdoor games.
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Word Origin & History

outdoor  (adj.)
1748, from out + door. Out-of-door is from c.1800. The adv. outdoors is attested from 1817; as a noun, meaning "open spaces," the word is recorded from 1857. Outdoorsman "one who likes outdoors activities" is from 1958.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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