Word Study
extramural
CIDE DICTIONARY
extramural, a.
- Outside of the walls, as of a fortified or walled city. [1913 Webster]
- pertaining to activities, such as sports contests, that involve representatives from more than one school. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
extramural, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 taught or conducted off the premises of a university, college, or school.
2 additional to normal teaching or studies, esp. for non-resident students.
3 outside the walls or boundaries of a town or city.
--n. an extramural lesson, course, etc.
--adj.
1 taught or conducted off the premises of a university, college, or school.
2 additional to normal teaching or studies, esp. for non-resident students.
3 outside the walls or boundaries of a town or city.
--n. an extramural lesson, course, etc.
Derivative
extramurally adv.
Etymology
L extra muros outside the walls
THESAURUS
extramural
academic, alien, classroom, collegiate, exterrestrial, exterritorial, extragalactic, extralateral, extraliminal, extramundane, extrapolar, extraprovincial, extrasolar, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, extratribal, foreign, interscholastic, intramural, outlandish, preschool, scholastic, school, universityROGET THESAURUS
extramural
Exteriority
N exteriority, outside, exterior, surface, superficies, skin, superstratum, disk, disc, face, facet, extrados, excentricity, eccentricity, circumjacence, exterior, external, outer most, outward, outlying, outside, outdoor, round about, extramural, extralimitary, extramundane, superficial, skin-deep, frontal, discoid, extraregarding, excentric, eccentric, outstanding, extrinsic, ecdemic, exomorphic, externally, out, with out, over, outwards, ab extra, out of doors, extra muros, in the open air, sub Jove, sub dio, a la belle etoile, al fresco.For further exploring for "extramural" in Webster Dictionary Online