way-goingadj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌɡoʊɪŋ/, Scottish English

/ˈweɡoɪŋ/

Forms: see way adv. and going adj.

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

Etymology: < way adv. + going adj. Compare away-going n. at away adv., adj., and n. Compounds 1b. Compare earlier waygoing n.

Chiefly Scottish.

1. Departing, leaving, going away; esp. designating an outgoing tenant (cf. waygoing crop n. at waygoing n. Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective]

parting1562

away-going1709

departing1751

way-going1778

off-going1861

going1883

1778 Ess. Divided Commons i. 14 We have too often seen the most irregular steps taken, and villainous practices committed by a waygoing tenant.

1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. ii. 62 Much depends on the conditions obligatory on the way-going tenant.

1845 R. Hunter Landlord & Tenant Index Waygoing tenant's right to value of fallow land.

1872 Farmer's Mag. May 383/1 The securing of a paying price for the waygoing young cattle.

1906 V. B. Woolley Pract. Civil Actions & Proc. Law Courts Delaware ix. 418 The examination..of a way-going witness, before he departs.

1954 D. Mackenzie Farmer in W. Isles 156 The way-going tenant is in as good a position.

1997 Lord Gill Law Agric. Holdings in Scotl. 246 The holding might be made subject to a charge at the instance of the waygoing tenant under section 75.

2. Scottish. poetic. Fading, dying.Chiefly in translations of Psalm 23.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > ceasing to exist

vanishing1434

way-going1871

1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xxiii. 3 He waukens my wa'-gaen saul.

1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 43 And as I gaed I saw a sicht, Sae waefu' in the wa'-gawn licht.

a1978 A. S. Borrowman Buik o Ruth & Ither Wark in Lallans (1979) (Psalms 23:3) 38 Ma wa-gaen saul He waukens up In roddins richt tae spail.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	way-going
释义	way-goingadj. Brit. /ˈweɪɡəʊɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌɡoʊɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈweɡoɪŋ/ Forms: see way adv. and going adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: way adv., going adj. Etymology: < way adv. + going adj. Compare away-going n. at away adv., adj., and n. Compounds 1b. Compare earlier waygoing n. Chiefly Scottish. 1. Departing, leaving, going away; esp. designating an outgoing tenant (cf. waygoing crop n. at waygoing n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [adjective] parting1562 away-going1709 departing1751 way-going1778 off-going1861 going1883 1778 Ess. Divided Commons i. 14 We have too often seen the most irregular steps taken, and villainous practices committed by a waygoing tenant. 1812 J. Sinclair Acct. Syst. Husbandry Scotl. ii. 62 Much depends on the conditions obligatory on the way-going tenant. 1845 R. Hunter Landlord & Tenant Index Waygoing tenant's right to value of fallow land. 1872 Farmer's Mag. May 383/1 The securing of a paying price for the waygoing young cattle. 1906 V. B. Woolley Pract. Civil Actions & Proc. Law Courts Delaware ix. 418 The examination..of a way-going witness, before he departs. 1954 D. Mackenzie Farmer in W. Isles 156 The way-going tenant is in as good a position. 1997 Lord Gill Law Agric. Holdings in Scotl. 246 The holding might be made subject to a charge at the instance of the waygoing tenant under section 75. 2. Scottish. poetic. Fading, dying.Chiefly in translations of Psalm 23. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [adjective] > ceasing to exist vanishing1434 way-going1871 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew xxiii. 3 He waukens my wa'-gaen saul. 1927 E. S. Rae Hansel fae Hame 43 And as I gaed I saw a sicht, Sae waefu' in the wa'-gawn licht. a1978 A. S. Borrowman Buik o Ruth & Ither Wark in Lallans (1979) (Psalms 23:3) 38 Ma wa-gaen saul He waukens up In roddins richt tae spail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1778
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