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throughgoing en · ADJ

Etymology

From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) Active; energetic.

Forms

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most throughgoing Degree=Sup lexicographic
more throughgoing Degree=Cmp lexicographic
through-going alternative lexicographic

throughgoing en · NOUN

Etymology

From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go.

Meanings

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) A scolding; a severe reprimand or reproof.

Forms

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through-going alternative lexicographic
throughgoings Number=Plur lexicographic

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