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by-place

noun

Etymology

From by- + place.

  1. derived from *pleth₂-✻ — “to spread”
  2. derived from πλατεῖα
  3. derived from platēa — “plaza, wide street”
  4. derived from place — “place, an open space”
  5. inherited from plæċe — “place, an open space, street”
  6. inherited from place
  7. prefixed as by-place — “by + place”

Definitions

  1. A retired place, spot, or situation

    A retired place, spot, or situation; somewhere out-of-the-way.

    • Would but your mother permit you to send her chariot, or chaise, to the bye-place where Mr Lovelace proposes Lord M.'s shall come […].
    • "Hem! hem! however there will be a by-place for me behind the stove."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for by-place. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA