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open air, open-air
1. ˈopen ˈair: The unconfined atmosphere; hence, the unconfined space outside buildings, usually more or less exposed to the weather: cf. air n. 3 b.
1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 2 b, Her naturall inclynacyon is to be abrode in the open ayre. 1653–1756 [see air n. 3 b]. 1659Lovelace Poems (1864) 177 Now he takes the open air, Drawes up his wings with tactick care. 1717Berkeley Jrnl. Tour Italy 24 Jan., Wks. 1871 IV. 534 A Jesuit preaching in the open air. 1851Beck's Florist 148 A leaf of the Victoria regia, said to be grown in the open air at Chelsea.
2. attrib. (usually ˈopen-ˌair). Existing, carried on, performed in, or characteristic of the open air. Also transf. and fig.
1830New Baptist Misc. Aug. 331/1 (heading) Open air preaching in the villages. 1842W. Howitt Rural & Dom. Life Germany xvii. 237 Those open-air concerts, walks and other amusements. 1860G. H. K. Vac. Tour. 143, I never heard a complete silence in the open-air world yet. 1864Chambers' Bk. of Days 10 Mar. 355 Open air Preaching is sometimes heard from a great distance. 1878Tait & Stewart Unseen Univ. i. §48. 67 They have an open-air look about them. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 297 The hygienic and dietetic arrangements and especially the open-air treatment. 1926C. Connolly Let. Jan. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 111 It is nice being able to sit out or go..to open air cinemas full of fireflies. 1949Koestler Promise & Fulfilment iii. i. 296 A people living underground must be single-minded..; but these qualities when carried over into open-air politics, become a grave handicap. 1958Times 25 Oct. 10/7 His editorial influence was always exerted towards purity and strength [in music]... His songs..are animated by the same open-air kind of ideals. 1960C. Day Lewis Buried Day x. 219 It was decided we should hold an open-air meeting. 1973‘R. MacLeod’ Burial in Portugal ii. 36 Brightly lit open-air cafés. 1975J. Rathbone Kill Cure i. ii. 17 This hotel..overlooked..an open air cinema.
Hence ˌopen-ˈairish a., marked by open-air characteristics, so ˌopen-ˈairishness; ˌopen-ˈairism; ˌopen-ˈairness, open air quality, coolness and freshness.
1881Daily News 30 Aug. 5/2 Wholesome and almost moral in their healthy downright tone and the breezy open-airishness of them. 1891Ibid. 14 Oct. 5/1 A fastidious age..trying for all sorts of refinements of the art—for impression, for ‘open airism’, for values, for good workmanship as such. 1896Q. Rev. July 201 The coolness and freshness, the open-airness of English life and art. |