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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
throughgoing en · ADJ
Etymology
From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go.
Meanings
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(Scotland, dialectal) Active; energetic.
Forms
throughgoing en · NOUN
Etymology
From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go.
Meanings
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(Scotland, dialectal) A scolding; a severe reprimand or reproof.
Forms
Synonyms
chiding · berating · dressing down · browbeating · objurgation · going over · jawing · chockling · berating · scolding · throughganging · lecture · sermon · down the banks · dirdum · dirdum · chockling · rixation · throughgoing · correption