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▪ I. roomy, a. and adv.|ˈruːmɪ|
Also 7 roumy, rommy.
[f. room n.1 + -y. Cf. MLG. rumich, ruymich, G. rȧumig.]
A. adj.
1. Of ample dimensions; capacious, large; wide.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xi. 52 This makes a Ship more roomy. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 64 A place both more publick, roomy, and chargelesse. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 388 Let thy Vines in Intervals be set, Indulge their Width, and add a roomy Space. 1743Blair Grave 267 His roomy chest by far too scant To give the lungs full play. 1773Life N. Frowde 199 He agreed..to accommodate us all on board his Ship, which was a very fine and roomy one. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. ii. 101 In this roomy currach, St. Cormac sailed into the north sea. 1855Thackeray Newcomes viii. I. 77 A gentleman of bland aspect with a roomy forehead. 1883J. Gilmour Mongols xxvii. 320 The outer garment of both sexes is a wide roomy coat which reaches down to the ground.
fig.1693Dryden Juvenal Ded. (1697) p. lxxxii, This sort of Number is more roomy: The Thought can turn it self with greater ease in a larger compass. 1827Pollok Course T. (1854) 280 A roomy life, a glowing relish high.
2. Of female animals: Of large proportions internally.
1796W. H. Marshall W. Eng. II. 202 Some roomy good cows. 1853Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIV. ii. 430 A well-proportioned roomy cow. 1853Stonehenge Greyhound 174 A large roomy bitch..will most probably ‘throw’ a lot of undersized greyhounds. 1894Field 9 June 846/1 [A mare,] a fine, roomy daughter of Lincolnshire Lad II.
†B. adv. Naut. = room adv. 3. Obs.
1624Capt. Smith Virginia 192 At last she bore up rommy for the Sea, and we heard of her no more. Ibid. 224 The next was a ship of Holland... She was put roomy. 1626― Accid. Yng. Seamen 18 Beare vp the helme, goe roumy.
▪ II. roomy
var. roomie. |
