nearaboutsadv.

Brit.

/ˈnɪərəbaʊts/,

/nɪərəˈbaʊts/, U.S.

/ˌnɪrəˈbaʊts/

Forms: see near adv.² and abouts adv.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: near adv.², abouts adv.; nearabout adv., -s suffix¹.

Etymology: In sense 1 < near adv.² + abouts adv., after thereabouts adv., whereabouts adv. and n., hereabouts adv., etc.; compare earlier nearabout adv. In sense 2 < nearabout adv. + -s suffix¹.

Now colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S.).

1. In this vicinity; nearby.

ΚΠ

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 133 Neere abouts was that great and terrible combat.

1646 Earl of Loudoun Severall Speeches 23 But that his majesty shall..come to..some of his houses neer-abouts.

1804 G. Nelson Second Winter 24 June in L. Peers & T. Schenck First Years in Fur Trade (2002) 170 If it [sc. the wind] had come from any quarter round from about E.S.E. to West or near abouts he would have lost the Greatest part of his furs.

1934 C. M. Wilson Backwoods Amer. (1970) 186 They'd bend over a hickory sapplin' nearabouts.

1959 Oxoniensia 23 131 National Grid: 42/380260 or nearabouts.

2001 J. Stammers Panoramic Lounge-bar 6 Not a stone, but the type of wrought-iron Graveplate they favoured hereabouts, And maybe only hereabouts, in those days. Since way before Domesday Book they/we perpetuated our moniker Nearabouts.

2. Chiefly regional. Nearly, almost; approximately.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb]

somec888

aboutOE

thereabouts1413

thereabout1534

thereby1563

nearabout1567

thereupona1676

thereaway1815

nearabouts1834

somewheres1859

let us say1863

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] > nearly (of amount)

well-nigheOE

nighOE

well-nearc1175

almostc1261

nighwhatc1300

nara1400

neara1400

anighsta1425

muchwhata1513

wellmost1548

most1629

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about1827

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fairly1840

welly1859

approaching1951

1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. II. 206 Yes, I believe everybody's married, near-abouts, as far as I can learn.

1907 A. Quiller-Couch Major Vigoureux xxii. 251 The tide bein' nearabouts on the top of the flood.

1951 E. S. Connell in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 82 Them folks inform me you been sitting there nearabouts an hour waiting on this train.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nearabouts
释义	nearaboutsadv. Brit. /ˈnɪərəbaʊts/, /nɪərəˈbaʊts/, U.S. /ˌnɪrəˈbaʊts/ Forms: see near adv.² and abouts adv. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by compounding. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: near adv.², abouts adv.; nearabout adv., -s suffix¹. Etymology: In sense 1 < near adv.² + abouts adv., after thereabouts adv., whereabouts adv. and n., hereabouts adv., etc.; compare earlier nearabout adv. In sense 2 < nearabout adv. + -s suffix¹. Now colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S.). 1. In this vicinity; nearby. ΚΠ 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 133 Neere abouts was that great and terrible combat. 1646 Earl of Loudoun Severall Speeches 23 But that his majesty shall..come to..some of his houses neer-abouts. 1804 G. Nelson Second Winter 24 June in L. Peers & T. Schenck First Years in Fur Trade (2002) 170 If it [sc. the wind] had come from any quarter round from about E.S.E. to West or near abouts he would have lost the Greatest part of his furs. 1934 C. M. Wilson Backwoods Amer. (1970) 186 They'd bend over a hickory sapplin' nearabouts. 1959 Oxoniensia 23 131 National Grid: 42/380260 or nearabouts. 2001 J. Stammers Panoramic Lounge-bar 6 Not a stone, but the type of wrought-iron Graveplate they favoured hereabouts, And maybe only hereabouts, in those days. Since way before Domesday Book they/we perpetuated our moniker Nearabouts. 2. Chiefly regional. Nearly, almost; approximately. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] somec888 aboutOE thereabouts1413 thereabout1534 thereby1563 nearabout1567 thereupona1676 thereaway1815 nearabouts1834 somewheres1859 let us say1863 the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] > nearly (of amount) well-nigheOE nighOE well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nara1400 neara1400 anighsta1425 muchwhata1513 wellmost1548 most1629 nighly1694 nearly1769 partly1781 mostly1805 most1808 mostlings1816 about1827 nearabouts1834 fairly1840 welly1859 approaching1951 1834 W. A. Caruthers Kentuckian in N.Y. II. 206 Yes, I believe everybody's married, near-abouts, as far as I can learn. 1907 A. Quiller-Couch Major Vigoureux xxii. 251 The tide bein' nearabouts on the top of the flood. 1951 E. S. Connell in H. Brickell O. Henry Prize Stories of 1951 82 Them folks inform me you been sitting there nearabouts an hour waiting on this train. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1634
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