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▪ I. ˈoutˌgoing, vbl. n.
[out- 9.]
1. The action or fact of going out or forth; exit, departure or removal; issue, effluence, emanation.
c1300Michael Kildare Hymn V in Rel. Ant. II. 191 Povir was thin in comming, So ssal be thin oute going. 1340Ayenb. 32 To habbe þe pyne of stapes to cliue uor his out⁓guoinge. 1463Bury Wills (Camden) 22 Liberte of fre owth goyng and in comyng at the gate be the strete syde. 1562Turner Herbal ii. 47 Men that go out of the bath and drynke muche wyne after theyr outgoyng. 1649W. Blithe Eng. Improv. Impr. (1653) 55 For close shutting, and suitable opening, to the incomming of the Tide, or out-going of the Floods. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 43/1 To follow the young lady in all her out-goings. 1825–1868 [see incoming vbl. n. 1]. 1850H. Bushnell God in Christ 122 The worlds created are all outgoings from Himself.
2. a. A passage or way of exit or egress.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 221 Dyuers oute goynges, benches, and seges all aboute. 1535Coverdale 2 Esdras iv. 7 Which are the outgoinges of Paradise? 1609Bible (Douay) Obad. i. 14 Neither shalt thou stand in the out⁓goings to kil them that flee. 1864G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 130 The hill Which with its lined and creased flank The outgoings of the vale does block. 1918D. H. Lawrence New Poems 49 Each door, each mystic port Of egress from you I will seal and steep in perfect chrism..So you shall feel Ensheathed invulnerable with me, with seven Great seals upon your outgoings.
b. † The extremity, the outer limit (obs.); the upper termination of an inclined stratum.
1388Wyclif Josh. xviii. 19 The outgoyngis therof ben aȝens the arm of the salteste see. 1535Coverdale Josh. xvii. 18 So shall it be the outgoinge of thy porcion. 1611Bible Josh. xvii. 9 The coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea. 1727Berkeley Lett. 11 Apr., Wks. 1871 IV. 143 The outgoings or fields about St. Kevin's. 1815W. Phillips Outl. Min. & Geol. (1818) 144 The..rocks..occasionally cover the summits of mountains, but more commonly rest on their sides; in which case..the out-going, or upper termination of each, is lower than that immediately preceding it.
3. (Mostly pl.) Money which goes out in the way of expenditure; outlay, expenses, charges.
1622T. Scott Belg. Pismire 65 Where..the returne doth not countervaile the out-going. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. viii. 332 Other very numerous outgoings, as secret service money, pensions, and other bounties. 1816F. Vanderstraeten Improv. Agric. p. xxiii, The tenant paid for repairs and outgoings. 1885Law Times CXXIX. 58/2 The balance of income over outgoings was only {pstlg}60 a year.
▪ II. ˈoutˌgoing, ppl. a.
[out- 10.]
a. That goes out; issuing, outflowing.
b. Going out or retiring from office, position, or possession.
1633W. Struther True Happines 120 This is the proper worke of faith in her double perswasion. The one direct, and outgoing to the truth... The other reflecting and turning home to us by the work of our Conscience. 1818A. Ranken Hist. France IV. iv. 321 They should invite the late or out⁓going rector, or rectors to assist. 1863Fawcett Pol. Econ. ii. vii. 240 The outgoing tenant receives a certain sum from the incoming tenant. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. VII. 395 From the latter two centres outgoing fibres emerge.
c. Suitable for wearing when one goes out.
1867Queen Victoria Let. 19 Nov. in R. Fulford Your Dear Letter (1971) I have just returned from a drive with dear Marie F... I can't judge of the figure in her out-going dress. 1909‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny x. 162 Take him back..and fix him up with outgoing clothes. Unlock him at seven in the morning.
d. Extrovert, sociable, open-hearted, friendly.
1950Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. XXII. 107 Out-going primary or secondary need-determined behaviour may be thwarted and aggressiveness may result. 1955in D. Tidyman Dummy (1974) iii. 40 He is a rather attractive, out-going child. 1964J. Philips Laughter Trap (1965) iii. iii. 132 She was a warm, outgoing girl. 1966Tablet 22 Oct. 1185/1 The..poem, whose outgoing, solicitous concern is for the whole of man's relation to the world around him. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon ix. 138 He appeared outgoing, frank, and immensely enthusiastic. 1978E. Healey Lady Unknown ii. 62 Gregarious and out-going, he brought a brilliance and radiance to every gathering.
Hence ˈoutˌgoingness.
1865J. Grote Moral Ideals (1876) 344 Butler..recognizes the outgoingness of virtue, and the importance of benevolence or the love of our neighbour [etc.]. 1960G. Ashe From Caesar to Arthur vi. 160 For the moment we may leave him in Ireland, fitly typifying the outgoingness of the British saints. 1967C. Fremlin Prisoner's Base ii. 22 Claudia's gifts..tolerance—outgoingness—sympathy. 1971New Scientist 1 Apr. 44/2 Bondi's natural eloquence and outgoingness could be usefully harnessed to his new job. |