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单词 roomth
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roomthn.

Brit. /ruːmθ/, /rʊmθ/, U.S. /rumθ/, /rʊmθ/
Forms: 1500s rompth, 1500s roumthe, 1500s rowmeth, 1500s rumeth, 1500s–1600s rometh, 1500s–1600s romethe, 1500s–1600s romth, 1500s–1600s romthe, 1500s–1600s roometh, 1500s–1600s roomthe, 1500s–1600s roumth, 1500s– roomth.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: room adj., -th suffix1.
Etymology: < room adj. + -th suffix1. Compare Faroese rúmd roominess, spaciousness, now also ‘space, sky’. Compare earlier rimth n.
1.
a. An office, function, or dignity. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > duties > [noun]
wikec1000
workOE
wikenc1175
misterc1225
curec1300
officec1330
ward1338
duty1375
parta1382
businessc1400
commissionc1450
besoigne1474
roomth?1504
function1533
exercitation1737
pidgin1807
job1841
biz1862
?1504 M. Beaufort tr. Thomas à Kempis Ful Treat. Imytacyon Cryste (Pynson) iv. v. 267 By the puttynge to of the handes of the Bysshoppe thou arte admyttyd vnto that hye rometh.
1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. D.viv Like as now a dayes (a lacke for pyte) we do see with oure yes And as Daniel did prophecy of the kingdome of Antichriste Yt shall not be touched with regarde or care of women, as who shulde saye: the regarde of whores shall only in it bere rometh.
a1530 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 153 Very gladde I wolbe that he in that romethe myght doo your most excelent Grace service.
1586 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 439 The credytt, vocacion, rompth, promocion and callinge of Bayliefes.
a1604 M. Hanmer Chron. Ireland 57 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) He preferred one Iohn his Deacon and disciple, to the roomth.
1612 R. Underwood Little World 29 Another straight vsurpes the roomth, And sitting in the place, Workes all the meanes he can deuise, The Court for to deface.
1630 M. Drayton Muses Elizium 72 Claia By whom then shall our Bride be led To the Temple to be wed? Mertilla Onely by your selfe and I, Who that roomth should else supply?
b. A position or office belonging to a person; one's place. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun]
steadc1000
noteOE
officec1300
ministry?a1475
rooma1485
placea1500
roomth1544
place1558
post1562
berth1720
situation1766
job1781
sit1853
spot1859
billet1870
engagement1884
shop1885
gig1908
lurk1916
possie1916
number1928
site1930
sits vac1945
hat1966
1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio f. 40 They commanded to let the old Senatours go free, and use their romthes.
1573 Life Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos Life j b When his voice failed him at eny time, Mecænas supplied his romth in readynge.
1600 S. Finche Let. 18 Nov. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 154* Margaret her daughter is in good hope to supplie her mothers romthe.
c. in the roomth of: in the place of, instead of. Also in a person's roomth. Obsolete.
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the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > in place of [preposition]
in (the) lieu ofc1290
in the stead ofa1325
stead of14..
in the way ofa1475
in the room of1526
in (the) place of1533
in the roomth of1565
instead1667
vice1770
1565 J. Stow Summarie Eng. Chrons. f. 125v As any of those xiii. persons dye, the Maior appoynteth one, and the Recorder of London an other in their romthes.
1578 J. Stockwood Serm. Barthelmew Day 78 It were farre better that they were vtterly remoued, and able Pastors put in theyr roomths.
c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 21 The Lorde William Howarde as deputie..in the romth of the Marshall of Englande.
1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden iii. 7 Our old Fathers can tell vs, how Woods are decayed, and People in the roomth of trees multiplyed.
1624–5 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 393 Annother Counceller to be ellected in his roomthe.
1666 W. Dugdale Origines Juridiciales lxi. 203/2 The next in antiquity unto him, is chosen to succeed in his roomth.
2.
a. Space, esp. ample or unconfined space; capacity to accommodate something. Also: extent; jurisdiction. †to make roomth: to make way (obsolete). Now rare (English regional (chiefly midlands)).See also house-roomth n.
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the world > space > [noun] > sufficient space or room
roomeOE
place?c1225
spacea1387
roomth1537
roomage1598
receipt1615
accommodation1638
verge1690
the world > space > [verb (intransitive)] > make room
to make placea1387
to make roomth1537
to make room1573
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > [noun]
jurisdictionc1380
East Coasta1382
roomth1537
1537 Bible (Matthew's) 2 Sam. xxii. 20 And he brought me out into rowmeth.
1539 R. Taverner tr. W. Capito Epitome of Psalmes (new ed.) sig. D.ii The lorde stayed me vp and brought me out into roumth, & delyuered me bycause he delyted in me.
a1555 J. Bradford Godlie Medit. Lordes Prayer (1562) sig. J.iiiv The mind of man hath so large roumthe to receyue good things, that nothinge in dede can fully fyll it but onely god.
1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. E4v All histories and monumentes canne not be conteined in so lyttle rometh.
1571 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 339 Thomas Smyth fynding unto the said horses all necessary things, but only stable rumeth and showeing to be done at the costes of the said Cytie.
1575 W. Stevenson Gammer Gurtons Nedle ii. iv. sig. Civ Make here a litle romth.
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 188 Lastly, that the Church haue roometh vniuersally extended.
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion vi. 90 But Rydoll,..Not finding fitting roomth vpon the rising side, Alone vnto the West directlie takes her way.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xliii. 25) 336 A mans gift makes roomth for him.., Prov. 18. 16.
1697 J. Edwards Brief Remarks upon Mr. Whiston's New Theory 23 They set a value upon Space and Quantity, and dote upon Roomth and Magnitude.
1698 in W. Brigg Herts Genealogist (1895) I. 196 The Liberty of Stallage and Stall Roomth..for to place and Sett one Butchers Stall in the street of the said Burrough.
1758 Holy Jerusalem viii. 309 He brought me to a large Roomth.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Roomth, var. of ‘room’... Roomthy, var. of ‘roomy’.
1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 194 Roomthy, roomy... Roomth, room.
b. Space occupied by an object; extent, bulk. Obsolete.
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the world > space > [noun] > space occupied by something
space1530
roomth1603
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars vi. xxviii. 131 Whose roomth but hinders other that would grow.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 40 Pease grinded weigh more than corne, the roundnesse giveth cause to have more roomth.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 54 Having seen what the Worlds lastingness and roomth is.
3.
a. Sufficient space or scope for or to do something. Now rare.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun] > scope or free opportunity
roomeOE
leisure1303
libertyc1425
free chase1467
scope1534
roomtha1540
swinge1542
swing1584
blank charter1593
freedom1623
field1639
play1641
free agencya1646
range1793
expatiationa1848
leaveway1890
open slather1919
headroom1932
a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 298 The false brethren..unto whom S. Paule gaue no romthe as concernyng to bee brought into subiection.
1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 190 Hauing his hart so replenished with the loue of her, that there was no roomth for the loue of any other to remayn within him.
1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 10 Where now my spirit got roomth it selfe to show.
1618 W. Lawson New Orchard & Garden v. 11 So there be sufficient roomth left for walkes.
1639 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs Gen. ix. 27 ‘Inlarging’ also, is not only of roomth to dwell in.., but oftentimes of the heart.
2004 Express (Nexis) 6 Jan. 38 I do not have the roomth I desire in this column to say all I wish.
b. A sufficient occupation. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > sufficient
roomth1585
1585 E. D. Prayse of Nothing C ij It were a romth for some idle bodye, to looke into the accedents of euery state, which hath been diuersly afflicted for nothing.
4. A defined or limited space; an area. Now historical.In quot. 2003 probably taking the use in e.g. quot. 1698 at sense 2a in a different sense.
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the world > space > [noun] > defined or limited portion of space
spacec1380
quantity?a1425
rooma1425
roomth1550
content1577
roomstead1600
canton1643
area1700
1550 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 98 In the est end of the Spyces Chamber a romthe for a p[r]esse.
1572 T. Twyne tr. Dionysius Periegetes Surueye World sig. Aijv Bosoms or hollow roomths such as ar within the vdders of beasts.
1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune i. 6 b This narrowe roomth, and place of necessitie, is knowne without Astrologicall coniecture.
1597 S. Finche Let. 26 Feb. in A. C. Ducarel Some Acct. Town Croydon (1783) App. 155 We..are now fillinge the voyde rometh therin with earth and rubbishe.
1639 H. Ainsworth Annot. Five Bks. Moses, Bk. Psalmes & Song of Songs Num. ii. 27 So many thousand tents as Israel had could not be pitched in a little roomth.
1663 J. Goodwin Prelatique Preachers viii. 11 Who is there of them, but, be he never so concise and short in his Prayer before his Sermom, yet alloweth a large roomth for the mention of his Reverend?
2003 St Albans 1650–1700 (St Albans & Hertfordshire Archit. & Archaeol. Soc.) ii. vii. 148 A stall roomth was to contain in length seven feet and no more and leases contained a proviso that the stall was to be taken down by 9pm.
5. A chamber, an apartment; a compartment (in a ship, etc.). Also figurative. Obsolete.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > [noun]
clevec825
chamber?c1225
loftc1385
clochera1400
room1438
roomth1567
receipt1593
stance1632
receptacle1634
stanza1648
apartment1715
slum1819
space1921
shovel and broom1928
1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. f. 116v Bestowynge his wares of precius value in the sewrest romethes of his shyp.
1578 T. Twyne tr. L. Daneau Wonderfull Woorkmanship of World xxi. 46v Cunning Carpenters..may point out and place the other roomthes of the buildyng within that circuite.
1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 36 To keepe this token for the loue of hir, who euermore reserueth a roomth for you in the secreate chamber of hir loyall harte.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin viii. 415 A fire kindled..in their stoare house called the Arzenale, euen in the rometh where was their saltpeter.
1629 in Cal. Rolls Chancery Irel. Charles I (1863) 451 Neere adjoininge to the roomth called the office of the Chief Chamberlain.
1635 Maldon Doc. (Bundle 80 No. 2) vis. viiid. for dressing up the said moote-hall, counsell chamber, and other the Romethes there this yere.
1654 Diary Corp. Reading (1896) VI. 535 It is agreed that one of the Chamberlens doe goe with her to viewe the roomths.
1718 in J. Latimer Ann. Bristol 18th Cent. (1893) 240 The great roomth called the old vestry, lying over the northward isle of the church.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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