roomth en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɹuːmθ/
- /ɹʊmθ/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”), Swedish rymd (“space”).
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side
1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion:
- (obsolete, uncountable) Roominess; spaciousness.