"outdoorsy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /aʊtˈdɔːzi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /aʊtˈdɔɹzi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-outdoorsy.wav Forms: outdoorsier [comparative], outdoorsiest [superlative]
Etymology: From outdoors + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|outdoors|y}} outdoors + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} outdoorsy (comparative outdoorsier, superlative outdoorsiest)
  1. (informal) Associated with the outdoors, or suited to outdoor life. Tags: informal Translations (associated with the outdoors, or suited to outdoor life): naturverbunden (German), naturorientiert (German), Natur- (German), Frischluft- (German)
    Sense id: en-outdoorsy-en-adj-mRp2V5~x Disambiguation of 'associated with the outdoors, or suited to outdoor life': 84 16
  2. (informal) Fond of the outdoors. Tags: informal Translations (fond of the outdoors): naturverbunden (German), naturliebend (German), frischluftliebend (German)
    Sense id: en-outdoorsy-en-adj-Ds8ibG5M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'fond of the outdoors': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: outdoorsman, outdoorsperson, outdoorswoman

Inflected forms

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