thorough lightn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈθʌrə lʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈθərə ˌlaɪt/,

/ˈθəroʊ ˌlaɪt/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1800s through light.

β. 1600s thorow light, 1600s thorowe light, 1600s– thorough light.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: through- prefix, light n.¹, thorough- prefix.

Etymology: In α. forms < through- prefix + light n.¹ In β. forms < thorough- prefix + light n.¹

Now rare.

A. n.

1. In singular and plural. Light that passes through or reveals something. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts with reference to the light of knowledge or discovery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun] > light of

thorough light1598

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > enlightenment > [noun] > source of

luminarya1450

candlea1533

thorough light1598

lumen siccum1605

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trasparenza, a transparence or through-light.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 137 [Drake] returned safe into England, and landed at Plimouth, (being almost the first of those that made a thorow-light through the world).

1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John i. 5 The former [sc. light of nature] is but a dim half-light... The latter [sc. light of Scripture] is a clear thorough-light.

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 44 All shall be then open,..every Man's Heart a thorough-light to every Man.

1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 246 To strike a through light into this whole matter at once.

1841 R. W. Emerson Lect. on Times in Wks. (1906) II. 256 Paving the earth with eyes, destroying privacy, and making thorough-lights.

1909 Eng. Rev. Mar. 825 Perhaps in time history will throw a thorough light upon the part played by Ratchkovsky in these latest attempts upon the life of the Tsar.

2003 O. W. Elmore Stereoptic Whole i. 51 This conclusion in regeneracy, come to by the thorough lights of artistic integrity..make this, Conrad's best work, one of the greatest novels yet produced.

†2. In plural. Windows placed on opposite sides of a room, so that the light passes right through. In early use also: apertures in a door admitting light and air into an enclosed space. Obsolete.In quot. 1605 as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window

loop1393

shot-windowc1405

gable window1428

batement light1445

church window1458

shot1513

casement1538

dream-hole1559

luket1564

draw window1567

loop-window1574

loophole1591

tower-windowc1593

thorough lights1600

squinch1602

turret window1603

slit1607

close-shuts1615

gutter window1620

street lighta1625

balcony-window1635

clere-story window1679

slip1730

air-loop1758

Venetian1766

Venetian window1775

sidelight1779

lancet window1781

French casement1804

double window1819

couplet1844

spire-light1846

lancet1848

tower-light1848

triplet1849

bar-window1857

pair-light1868

nook window1878

coupled windows1881

three-light1908–9

north-light1919

storm window1933

borrowed light1934

Thermopane1941

storms1952

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 148 It behooueth that the doore thereof be made with thorough lights of great barres, or clouen bords, to the end that their euill aire may passe away.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd3 This great Building of the world, had neuer through lights made in it, till the age of vs and our fathers.

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 262 And let all three Sides, be a double House, without Thorow Lights, on the Sides, that you may haue Roomes from the Sunne, both for Fore-noone, and Afternoone.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 167 Thorow-lights are best for rooms of entertainment, and windows on one side for dormitories.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 444 The Doors, unbarr'd, receive the rushing Day; And thorough Lights disclose the ravish'd Prey.

1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 230 The Houses have thorough Lights.

1791 R. Townley Jrnl. kept Isle of Man II. 149 My windows were so thoroughly encrusted by the driven snow, that (though in a room with good thorough lights in it) it was with much difficulty I could see, either to write or read.

1860 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 14 Apr. (Suppl.) 11/6 On the east and west sides are the principal wards, two stories high, with through lights.

†B. adj.

Allowing light to pass through; transparent, translucent. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective]

shireOE

brightOE

through-shineOE

cleanc1040

cleara1400

transparent1413

crystalc1425

crystallinec1425

crystal-clear?a1439

pure1481

perspicuatea1500

beryl1508

through-shining1526

diaphane1561

thorough-seeable1562

pellucid1563

sheer1565

translucent1568

liquid1590

tralucent?1592

perspicuous1599

thorough light1601

diaphanic1614

diaphanous1614

perspicable1615

translucid1615

diaphanal1616

lucid1620

diaphaned1626

transpicuous1638

perlucid1647

dioptrical1760

dioptric1801

unconcealing1804

see-through1851

pellucent1886

pool-clear1924

1601 J. Chamber Astronomiae Encomium 29 in Treat. against Iudicial Astrol. He had admitted certaine thorowelight perflable gods, hauing an appearance of a body, with out all solide substance.

1611 J. Donne Funerall Elegie in Anat. World sig. B8 T'was but a through-light scarfe, her minde t'enroule.

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) sig. A3 If any colours can deliver a minde so plaine, and flat, and through light as mine.

Derivatives

ˈthorough-ˌlighted adj. having thorough-lights; having the light passing through.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [adjective] > others

lightsome1548

thorough-lighted1624

prospectless1656

nude1867

boudoiresque1880

step-up1979

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 99 Roomes windowed on both ends, which we call through-lighted.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 260 Rooms are said to be Through-lighted when they have Windows on both ends.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1046 Thorough Lighted Rooms, such as have windows on opposite sides.

1982 Shakespeare Q. 33 87 Blackfriars was thorough-lighted; that is to say, it had windows on both sides of the room, as do most Tudor halls.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thorough light
释义	thorough lightn.adj. Brit. /ˈθʌrə lʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈθərə ˌlaɪt/, /ˈθəroʊ ˌlaɪt/ Forms: α. 1500s–1800s through light. β. 1600s thorow light, 1600s thorowe light, 1600s– thorough light. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: through- prefix, light n.¹, thorough- prefix. Etymology: In α. forms < through- prefix + light n.¹ In β. forms < thorough- prefix + light n.¹ Now rare. A. n. 1. In singular and plural. Light that passes through or reveals something. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts with reference to the light of knowledge or discovery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun] > light of thorough light1598 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > enlightenment > [noun] > source of luminarya1450 candlea1533 thorough light1598 lumen siccum1605 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trasparenza, a transparence or through-light. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxi. 137 [Drake] returned safe into England, and landed at Plimouth, (being almost the first of those that made a thorow-light through the world). 1646 J. Trapp Brief Comm. John i. 5 The former [sc. light of nature] is but a dim half-light... The latter [sc. light of Scripture] is a clear thorough-light. 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 44 All shall be then open,..every Man's Heart a thorough-light to every Man. 1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. iii. 246 To strike a through light into this whole matter at once. 1841 R. W. Emerson Lect. on Times in Wks. (1906) II. 256 Paving the earth with eyes, destroying privacy, and making thorough-lights. 1909 Eng. Rev. Mar. 825 Perhaps in time history will throw a thorough light upon the part played by Ratchkovsky in these latest attempts upon the life of the Tsar. 2003 O. W. Elmore Stereoptic Whole i. 51 This conclusion in regeneracy, come to by the thorough lights of artistic integrity..make this, Conrad's best work, one of the greatest novels yet produced. †2. In plural. Windows placed on opposite sides of a room, so that the light passes right through. In early use also: apertures in a door admitting light and air into an enclosed space. Obsolete.In quot. 1605 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > other types of window loop1393 shot-windowc1405 gable window1428 batement light1445 church window1458 shot1513 casement1538 dream-hole1559 luket1564 draw window1567 loop-window1574 loophole1591 tower-windowc1593 thorough lights1600 squinch1602 turret window1603 slit1607 close-shuts1615 gutter window1620 street lighta1625 balcony-window1635 clere-story window1679 slip1730 air-loop1758 Venetian1766 Venetian window1775 sidelight1779 lancet window1781 French casement1804 double window1819 couplet1844 spire-light1846 lancet1848 tower-light1848 triplet1849 bar-window1857 pair-light1868 nook window1878 coupled windows1881 three-light1908–9 north-light1919 storm window1933 borrowed light1934 Thermopane1941 storms1952 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 148 It behooueth that the doore thereof be made with thorough lights of great barres, or clouen bords, to the end that their euill aire may passe away. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd3 This great Building of the world, had neuer through lights made in it, till the age of vs and our fathers. View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 262 And let all three Sides, be a double House, without Thorow Lights, on the Sides, that you may haue Roomes from the Sunne, both for Fore-noone, and Afternoone. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. vii. 167 Thorow-lights are best for rooms of entertainment, and windows on one side for dormitories. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 444 The Doors, unbarr'd, receive the rushing Day; And thorough Lights disclose the ravish'd Prey. 1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 230 The Houses have thorough Lights. 1791 R. Townley Jrnl. kept Isle of Man II. 149 My windows were so thoroughly encrusted by the driven snow, that (though in a room with good thorough lights in it) it was with much difficulty I could see, either to write or read. 1860 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 14 Apr. (Suppl.) 11/6 On the east and west sides are the principal wards, two stories high, with through lights. †B. adj. Allowing light to pass through; transparent, translucent. Chiefly figurative and in figurative contexts. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective] shireOE brightOE through-shineOE cleanc1040 cleara1400 transparent1413 crystalc1425 crystallinec1425 crystal-clear?a1439 pure1481 perspicuatea1500 beryl1508 through-shining1526 diaphane1561 thorough-seeable1562 pellucid1563 sheer1565 translucent1568 liquid1590 tralucent?1592 perspicuous1599 thorough light1601 diaphanic1614 diaphanous1614 perspicable1615 translucid1615 diaphanal1616 lucid1620 diaphaned1626 transpicuous1638 perlucid1647 dioptrical1760 dioptric1801 unconcealing1804 see-through1851 pellucent1886 pool-clear1924 1601 J. Chamber Astronomiae Encomium 29 in Treat. against Iudicial Astrol. He had admitted certaine thorowelight perflable gods, hauing an appearance of a body, with out all solide substance. 1611 J. Donne Funerall Elegie in Anat. World sig. B8 T'was but a through-light scarfe, her minde t'enroule. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) sig. A3 If any colours can deliver a minde so plaine, and flat, and through light as mine. Derivatives ˈthorough-ˌlighted adj. having thorough-lights; having the light passing through. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [adjective] > others lightsome1548 thorough-lighted1624 prospectless1656 nude1867 boudoiresque1880 step-up1979 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. 99 Roomes windowed on both ends, which we call through-lighted. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 260 Rooms are said to be Through-lighted when they have Windows on both ends. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 1046 Thorough Lighted Rooms, such as have windows on opposite sides. 1982 Shakespeare Q. 33 87 Blackfriars was thorough-lighted; that is to say, it had windows on both sides of the room, as do most Tudor halls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1598
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