† ˈroomthiness Obs.
Also 7 roomethinesse, roomthyness(e.
[f. roomthy a.]
Roominess.
| 1553 N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices (1556) 55 Likewise in a noble mannes howse..ther must be made a provision for roomethinesse. 1570 T. Norton tr. Nowel's Catech. 60 Neither is there any thyng or place that is not enuironed and enclosed with the roomthinesse of heauen. 1627 Drayton Agincourt 8 Tents and Pauillions in the fields are pitcht, (E'r full wrought vp their Roomthynesse to try). 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 23 The everlasting time and boundless roomthiness. Ibid. 82 There is roomthiness between that and the other boundary or term. |