roomth
noun/ɹʊmθ/ · /ɹuːmθ/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English rymthe, from Old English rȳmþ (“roominess, spaciousness”) (compare Old English rȳmet (“room, space”)), from Proto-West Germanic *rūmiþu (“roominess”), from Proto-West Germanic *rūm (“roomy, spacious”), equivalent to room (“wide, spacious, roomy”) + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Dutch ruimte (“room, space”), German Low German Rüümte (“room, space”), German Räumte (“cargo capacity of a ship”), Swedish rymd (“space”).
1
Obsolete Room; sufficient space for a person or thing to occupy; place.
- But Rydoll, young'st, and least, and for the others pride / Not finding fitting roomth upon the rising side1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion:
2
Obsolete Roominess; spaciousness.
- Derived terms
- roomthsome, roomthy