going-aboutadj.

Brit.

/ˌɡəʊɪŋəˈbaʊt/, U.S.

/ˌɡoʊɪŋəˈbaʊt/, Scottish English

/ˌɡoɪŋəˈbʌʊt/,

/ˌɡoɪnəˈbʌʊt/

Forms: 1800s– gaun-aboot /ˌɡɔnʌˈbut/, 1800s– going-about, 1900s– gaein'-aboot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: going adj., about adv.

Etymology: < going adj. + about adv., after to go about 2a at go v. Phrasal verbs 1.

Scottish.

Vagrant, habitually moving about from place to place, esp. living as a tramp or itinerant pedlar (now chiefly historical). Esp. in going-about body. In later use also in weakened sense: going about one's business, engaged in one's normal activities or routine. Cf. going adj. 1f.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp

vagrant1461

loiteringa1533

way-walkinga1535

roguing1566

roguish1572

vagabondical1576

vagabond1585

vagabondinga1586

land-loping1587

vagrom1600

leap-land1614

vagabondial1615

vaguea1627

gangrel1650

vagabondious1661

going1737

gang-there-out1815

tramping1828

vagabondizing1830

pikey1838

beachcombing1845

runagate1877

going-about1886

bummy1890

1886 A. Stewart Reminisc. Dunfermline 171 Many of those ‘gaun-aboot bodies’ had a wonderful amount of mother-wit and genuine humour.

1896 J. M. Barrie Margaret Ogilvy vi. 120 A going-about body was selling them [sc. wicker chairs] in a cart.

1928 ‘P. Grey’ Making of King 17 I'm jist a peer, gaein'-aboot crater wi' ma basket an' needles an' threed an' laces an' hair preens tryin' tae haud body and soul thegither.

1952 Sc. Home & Country Sept. 270 He was nocht but a gaun-aboot buddie, trauchlin frae door tae door like a tinker wi' buit-laces an preens.

1992 J. Miller Fine White Stoor 223 To the amazement of ordinary, gaun-aboot citizens, a demonstration filled the streets of the town.

2004 Scotsman (Nexis) 3 Nov. 31 The play is an unashamedly sentimental tribute..to the old way of life of the Scottish ‘gaun-aboot people’, who..spent the summer roving the roads.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	going-about
释义	going-aboutadj. Brit. /ˌɡəʊɪŋəˈbaʊt/, U.S. /ˌɡoʊɪŋəˈbaʊt/, Scottish English /ˌɡoɪŋəˈbʌʊt/, /ˌɡoɪnəˈbʌʊt/ Forms: 1800s– gaun-aboot /ˌɡɔnʌˈbut/, 1800s– going-about, 1900s– gaein'-aboot. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: going adj., about adv. Etymology: < going adj. + about adv., after to go about 2a at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. Scottish. Vagrant, habitually moving about from place to place, esp. living as a tramp or itinerant pedlar (now chiefly historical). Esp. in going-about body. In later use also in weakened sense: going about one's business, engaged in one's normal activities or routine. Cf. going adj. 1f. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp vagrant1461 loiteringa1533 way-walkinga1535 roguing1566 roguish1572 vagabondical1576 vagabond1585 vagabondinga1586 land-loping1587 vagrom1600 leap-land1614 vagabondial1615 vaguea1627 gangrel1650 vagabondious1661 going1737 gang-there-out1815 tramping1828 vagabondizing1830 pikey1838 beachcombing1845 runagate1877 going-about1886 bummy1890 1886 A. Stewart Reminisc. Dunfermline 171 Many of those ‘gaun-aboot bodies’ had a wonderful amount of mother-wit and genuine humour. 1896 J. M. Barrie Margaret Ogilvy vi. 120 A going-about body was selling them [sc. wicker chairs] in a cart. 1928 ‘P. Grey’ Making of King 17 I'm jist a peer, gaein'-aboot crater wi' ma basket an' needles an' threed an' laces an' hair preens tryin' tae haud body and soul thegither. 1952 Sc. Home & Country Sept. 270 He was nocht but a gaun-aboot buddie, trauchlin frae door tae door like a tinker wi' buit-laces an preens. 1992 J. Miller Fine White Stoor 223 To the amazement of ordinary, gaun-aboot citizens, a demonstration filled the streets of the town. 2004 Scotsman (Nexis) 3 Nov. 31 The play is an unashamedly sentimental tribute..to the old way of life of the Scottish ‘gaun-aboot people’, who..spent the summer roving the roads. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1886
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