roomlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈruːmləs/,

/ˈrʊmləs/, U.S.

/ˈrumləs/,

/ˈrʊmləs/

Forms: see room n.¹ and int. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: room n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < room n.¹ + -less suffix.

1. Lacking room or space; strait, confined. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious

narroweOE

straitc1290

unwidea1400

scanta1533

angust1540

roomless1548

pinched?1567

niggard1595

strict1598

straitened1602

pinching1607

incommodious1615

incapacious1635

over-strait1645

straiteninga1652

cramp1786

bottleneck1854

cramped1884

tight1937

claustrophobic1946

claustrophobe1954

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > homeless

homelessOE

harbourlessc1175

innlessa1325

houseless1357

placelessa1387

on the pavéc1450

unharbouredc1450

roomless1548

dishousedc1595

dislodged1602

unhouseda1616

unlodged1634

bedless1707

on the pavement1743

roofless1797

on (also upon) the street(s)1832

unhomed1839

dishomed1880

dwellingless1882

homesteadless1885

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark. iii. f. xxvii^v The shippe wherein Jesus preacheth, is very narrow and roumles [L. angusta] to vncleane and sinfull persons.

1851 Musical World 22 Nov. 744/2 Drury Lane is, as it were, roomless every night. Never did such crowds congregate before.

2000 New Yorker 31 Jan. 43/1 A typical transatlantic flight, with the airless, roomless, comfortless coach packed as tight as possible.

2. Without a room or rooms.

ΚΠ

1854 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 453 Some traces of the great earthquake still remain; here and there a huge windowless, roofless, and roomless mass, picturesque by moonlight, but saddening by day.

1886 Times 28 July 7/2 There is nothing more fatiguing than being cast upon the world roomless and homeless.

1918 H. G. Frey Campfire Girls on Open Road 25 We made our roomless plight known and to make up for it we were told there was a vacant double in the sophomore dormitory that we might take.

1941 B. Robertson I saw England vii. 84 There were curtains hanging across roomless windows.

1971 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 6 (heading) Sleeping bags and camp beds for roomless students.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	roomless
释义	roomlessadj. Brit. /ˈruːmləs/, /ˈrʊmləs/, U.S. /ˈrumləs/, /ˈrʊmləs/ Forms: see room n.¹ and int. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: room n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < room n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. Lacking room or space; strait, confined. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious narroweOE straitc1290 unwidea1400 scanta1533 angust1540 roomless1548 pinched?1567 niggard1595 strict1598 straitened1602 pinching1607 incommodious1615 incapacious1635 over-strait1645 straiteninga1652 cramp1786 bottleneck1854 cramped1884 tight1937 claustrophobic1946 claustrophobe1954 society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective] > homeless homelessOE harbourlessc1175 innlessa1325 houseless1357 placelessa1387 on the pavéc1450 unharbouredc1450 roomless1548 dishousedc1595 dislodged1602 unhouseda1616 unlodged1634 bedless1707 on the pavement1743 roofless1797 on (also upon) the street(s)1832 unhomed1839 dishomed1880 dwellingless1882 homesteadless1885 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark. iii. f. xxvii^v The shippe wherein Jesus preacheth, is very narrow and roumles [L. angusta] to vncleane and sinfull persons. 1851 Musical World 22 Nov. 744/2 Drury Lane is, as it were, roomless every night. Never did such crowds congregate before. 2000 New Yorker 31 Jan. 43/1 A typical transatlantic flight, with the airless, roomless, comfortless coach packed as tight as possible. 2. Without a room or rooms. ΚΠ 1854 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 453 Some traces of the great earthquake still remain; here and there a huge windowless, roofless, and roomless mass, picturesque by moonlight, but saddening by day. 1886 Times 28 July 7/2 There is nothing more fatiguing than being cast upon the world roomless and homeless. 1918 H. G. Frey Campfire Girls on Open Road 25 We made our roomless plight known and to make up for it we were told there was a vacant double in the sophomore dormitory that we might take. 1941 B. Robertson I saw England vii. 84 There were curtains hanging across roomless windows. 1971 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 6 (heading) Sleeping bags and camp beds for roomless students. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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