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roommately

adj

Etymology

From roommate + -ly.

  1. inherited from *(H)rewH-✻ — “to root; to rip, tear”
  2. inherited from *rūmą✻ — “room”
  3. inherited from *rūm✻ — “room”
  4. inherited from rūm — “room, space”
  5. inherited from roum — “room, space”
  6. formed as roommate — “room + -mate”
  7. suffixed as roommately — “roommate + ly”

Definitions

  1. Of or befitting a roommate.

    • After we had a lung-ballooning/eye-watering/cough-and-get-off hit of sticky pot apiece and yet another good hearty roommately laugh […]
    • A.J. and Claire sat on Sam's bed in roommately solidarity while Sam packed for her two week sojourn.

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