outsight
Meanings
noun
- Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.
- Expectation; prospect.
- Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.
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Etymology
From out- + sight. Cognate with Dutch uitzicht (“view, prospect, outlook”), German Aussicht (“view, prospect, chance, outlook, perspective”), Swedish utsikt (“view, outlook, prospect”).
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