aboutsadv.prep.

Brit.

/əˈbaʊts/, U.S.

/əˈbaʊts/

Forms: Middle English abowtes, Middle English–1600s aboutes, 1500s– abouts, 1600s abovttes.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: about adv., about prep.¹, -s suffix¹.

Etymology: As adverb < about adv. + -s suffix¹. As preposition < about prep.¹ + -s suffix¹. Compare hereabouts adv., nearabouts adv., thenabouts adv., thereabouts adv., whereabouts adv. and n.

Now chiefly U.S. regional.

A. adv.

= about adv. (in various senses). Cf. nearabouts adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adverb]

umbeOE

umbetrinc1175

avirounc1300

roundc1300

aroundc1330

aboutsa1387

about rounda1393

compassa1400

round about?a1400

about-forthc1400

umbeturnc1400

acompassc1450

ambiently1659

aside1859

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > not in a straight course > in a winding course

aboutOE

aboutsa1387

windingly1576

zigzag1754

mazily1845

zag1906

zigzaggedly1921

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 97 (MED) Babylon was..i-walled wiþ foure walles square al aboutes.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2280 (MED) He walketh..In his gardin..and thus aboutes.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2460 (MED) Min yhe..as I caste aboutes.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. 201 (MED) Kyng Eualach Abowtes gan sende Aftyr his barowns.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxvi. 208 (MED) In his herte hadde he gret thowht, howh this Mater Abowtes Scholde ben browht.

1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords. 29 Abouts iiij yeres paste [they] solde xlix shepe & vi kie.

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. i. sig. A.ij^v Your neighbours..That labour all the day, and would faine be at rest: Whom with blowing your Horne ye disease al aboutes.

1576 G. Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man sig. Diiij^v Full far aboutes, we know the routes, Of them that riches had.

1609 in Stanley Papers (1853) Introd. p. lxxxi Willinglye goe abovttes to alienate.

1632 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) IV. 753 He bought it at a place called Whittingtone Chappel..wth a p[er]son unknowen unto this exa[min]at abouts two moneths past.

1736 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Coll. Novels & Tales II. 270 Alain..saw not his Master's dreadful Foe, tho he looked carefully all abouts.

1907 Forest & Stream 19 Jan. 93/1 I asked him if he had always had his shop in Unasego. ‘Here and abouts.’

1968 R. Moody Horse of Different Color xxii. 228 Lucky it wasn't the other way abouts.

2003 S. J. Clark Ladies & Gentlemen, President of U.S. xxx. 162 ‘I think we may know him from up there or abouts.’ McCurry paused. ‘Or abouts? Yeah, I guess I have been down here [sc. Virginia] too long.’

B. prep.

= about prep.¹ (in various senses).Some apparent examples from the 18th cent. onwards are probably simple misprints, esp. before words such as its.

ΚΠ

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvii. 77 (MED) Abowtes him he loked pure faste.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxv. 223 (MED) Whanne it was abowtes the Noun, Wondirly to Cryen he gan þere Anon.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. 495 (MED) They weren Abowtes loggeng And token kep Of non Oþer thyng.

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 115 The realme of Naples rested in peace aboutes the space of .27. yeres, till the comyng of the Sarasines into Italie.

1550 W. Thomas Dictionarie in Principal Rules Ital. Grammer Excubitore, the chamberer that watcheth as it is used aboutes great Personages.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I2 His garment nought but many ragged clouts..The which his naked sides he wrapt abouts.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 402 The golden Mountaine..which beares a wine of a more delicate and rich race than the Canaries, and inestimable plenty too, here and all abouts the Country.

1671 W. Owen Let. 22 Mar. in Coll. S. Carolina Hist. Soc. (1897) V. 302 We are about 200 and od soules here alreadie of whom there be abouts 40 or 50 freeholders.

1892 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 199/1 I knows all abouts it too, I knows a great deal, I does.

1999 L. Butler Amite County & Mississippi Woman xxi. 166 I'se hasta drop seed and come back to see abouts you.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	abouts
释义	aboutsadv.prep. Brit. /əˈbaʊts/, U.S. /əˈbaʊts/ Forms: Middle English abowtes, Middle English–1600s aboutes, 1500s– abouts, 1600s abovttes. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: about adv., about prep.¹, -s suffix¹. Etymology: As adverb < about adv. + -s suffix¹. As preposition < about prep.¹ + -s suffix¹. Compare hereabouts adv., nearabouts adv., thenabouts adv., thereabouts adv., whereabouts adv. and n. Now chiefly U.S. regional. A. adv. = about adv. (in various senses). Cf. nearabouts adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adverb] umbeOE umbetrinc1175 avirounc1300 roundc1300 aroundc1330 aboutsa1387 about rounda1393 compassa1400 round about?a1400 about-forthc1400 umbeturnc1400 acompassc1450 ambiently1659 aside1859 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [adverb] > not in a straight course > in a winding course aboutOE aboutsa1387 windingly1576 zigzag1754 mazily1845 zag1906 zigzaggedly1921 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 97 (MED) Babylon was..i-walled wiþ foure walles square al aboutes. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2280 (MED) He walketh..In his gardin..and thus aboutes. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. 2460 (MED) Min yhe..as I caste aboutes. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xiii. 201 (MED) Kyng Eualach Abowtes gan sende Aftyr his barowns. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxvi. 208 (MED) In his herte hadde he gret thowht, howh this Mater Abowtes Scholde ben browht. 1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords. 29 Abouts iiij yeres paste [they] solde xlix shepe & vi kie. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. i. sig. A.ij^v Your neighbours..That labour all the day, and would faine be at rest: Whom with blowing your Horne ye disease al aboutes. 1576 G. Wapull Tyde taryeth no Man sig. Diiij^v Full far aboutes, we know the routes, Of them that riches had. 1609 in Stanley Papers (1853) Introd. p. lxxxi Willinglye goe abovttes to alienate. 1632 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) IV. 753 He bought it at a place called Whittingtone Chappel..wth a p[er]son unknowen unto this exa[min]at abouts two moneths past. 1736 tr. M.-C. d'Aulnoy Coll. Novels & Tales II. 270 Alain..saw not his Master's dreadful Foe, tho he looked carefully all abouts. 1907 Forest & Stream 19 Jan. 93/1 I asked him if he had always had his shop in Unasego. ‘Here and abouts.’ 1968 R. Moody Horse of Different Color xxii. 228 Lucky it wasn't the other way abouts. 2003 S. J. Clark Ladies & Gentlemen, President of U.S. xxx. 162 ‘I think we may know him from up there or abouts.’ McCurry paused. ‘Or abouts? Yeah, I guess I have been down here [sc. Virginia] too long.’ B. prep. = about prep.¹ (in various senses).Some apparent examples from the 18th cent. onwards are probably simple misprints, esp. before words such as its. ΚΠ a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxvii. 77 (MED) Abowtes him he loked pure faste. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxv. 223 (MED) Whanne it was abowtes the Noun, Wondirly to Cryen he gan þere Anon. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xliv. 495 (MED) They weren Abowtes loggeng And token kep Of non Oþer thyng. 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 115 The realme of Naples rested in peace aboutes the space of .27. yeres, till the comyng of the Sarasines into Italie. 1550 W. Thomas Dictionarie in Principal Rules Ital. Grammer Excubitore, the chamberer that watcheth as it is used aboutes great Personages. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. I2 His garment nought but many ragged clouts..The which his naked sides he wrapt abouts. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 402 The golden Mountaine..which beares a wine of a more delicate and rich race than the Canaries, and inestimable plenty too, here and all abouts the Country. 1671 W. Owen Let. 22 Mar. in Coll. S. Carolina Hist. Soc. (1897) V. 302 We are about 200 and od soules here alreadie of whom there be abouts 40 or 50 freeholders. 1892 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Sept. 199/1 I knows all abouts it too, I knows a great deal, I does. 1999 L. Butler Amite County & Mississippi Woman xxi. 166 I'se hasta drop seed and come back to see abouts you. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.prep.a1387
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