roomth
English
Etymology
From Middle English roomth, rumthe, rymthe, from Old English *rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-Germanic *rūmiþō (“roominess”), from Proto-Germanic *rūmaz (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th. Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”).
Noun
roomth (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion:
- But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side
- (obsolete) Roominess; spaciousness.
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