outdoorsy

outdoorsy
/owt'dawr"zee, -dohr"-/, adj.
1. characteristic of or suitable to the outdoors: a rugged, outdoorsy life; heavy, outdoorsy clothes.
2. unusually fond of outdoor life: an outdoorsy type who always swam before breakfast.
[1950-55; OUTDOORS + -Y1]

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