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thoroughgoing, a.|ˈθʌrəˌgəʊɪŋ|
[f. thorough adv. + going, pr. pple. of go v. See also throughgoing.]
Going the full length; doing things thoroughly; acting with completeness; uncompromising, thorough, extreme, out-and-out. (Of persons, actions, etc.)
1800M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) VI. 168, I am a thorough-going friend at any rate. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose xiii, A thoroughgoing friend that understands a hint is worth a million! 1838Thirlwall Greece IV. xxxi. 194 They now proceeded to bolder and more thorough-going measures. 1856R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. 18 What seems..the thorough-going madness of the fiery Persian. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. I. 120 Jefferson..was a thorough-going party leader.
Hence ˈthoroughˈgoingly adv.; ˈthorough-ˈgoingness. So ˈthoroughˈgoer, a thoroughgoing person or animal; ˈthoroughˌgoing n., the action or habit of doing things thoroughly.
1895Outing (U.S.) 388/1 The horses [polo-ponies] are such *thoroughgoers in the field that it is difficult to say this or the other is best.
1851J. D. Burns Jrnl. in Mem. iv. (1869) 66 Much..is said about *thoroughgoing and decision of character.
1886N.E.D. s.v. Boot sb.3 1 b, Like old boots: vigorously, *thoroughgoingly.
1838C. Gilman Recoll. Southern Matron xxviii. 194 The gentleman had even the *thoroughgoingness to request that my brother's large, stout new slate might be exchanged for a recently-invented tablet. 1865M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 65 The newspaper, with its party spirit, its thorough-goingness. 1867Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 35 The Roman sword did its work..with terrible thorough-goingness. |