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Meaning of extraforaneous | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Outdoor.

archaic, not-comparable, rare

Examples

“My dear friend, fine weather, and a variety of extraforaneous occupations, (search Johnson's dictionary for the word, and if not found there, insert it—for it saves a deal of circumlocution, and is very lawfully compounded) make it diffcult[…]for me to find opportunities for writing. My morning is engrossed by the garden;[…]”
“A compendious description of our native plants, sufficiently full to enable the young botanist to determine the species that might come in his way, and at the same time neither too bulky for extraforaneous use, nor too expensive, has also been greatly desired.”
“Nearly all the valuable pigeons bred in this city and vicinity are kept in inclosures of some kind—rarely, if ever, being allowed to fly abroad; though, in a country place, in good weather, and under some watchful eye, it could not be otherwise than promotive of their health and vigor to allow them frequent extraforaneous exercise.”
“It is not an extra[-]foraneous affair like most of the great anniversary dances of the northern tribes, but is held in a large assembly-hall.”
“It is commonly supposed, for instance, when cows are once housed[…]that they at once and permanently fall off in yield of milk. If this were a fact,[…]it would go far to explain[…]the practice[…]of keeping cows extra-foraneous until the storms of winter begin to whirl about their heads.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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