thenaboutsadv.

/ˈðɛnəˈbaʊts/

Forms: Also (rarely) thenabout.

Etymology: < then adv., after thereabouts.

About that time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time > approximately

thereabout1297

thereabouts1561

thenabouts1589

some1595

hereabout1675

somewhere1839

the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > about that time

thenabouts1589

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. vi. 8 For then aboutes began the declination of the Romain Empire.

1842 R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 344 I was mentioned more than once thenabouts.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 164 Five year ago, or thenabout.

1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxiv Then, or thenabouts, the devil hinted ‘steal it’.

1922 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Oct. 664/2 If Archdeacon Brandon..must go down, it is then or thenabouts that go down he will.

1931 D. Corkery Synge Introd. p. vii Ireland in 1907—thereabouts and thenabouts.

a1967 A. Ransome Autobiogr. (1976) i. 18 When I first came to fish the Beela..in 1930 or thenabouts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	thenabouts
释义	thenaboutsadv. /ˈðɛnəˈbaʊts/ Forms: Also (rarely) thenabout. Etymology: < then adv., after thereabouts. About that time. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at a particular or certain time > approximately thereabout1297 thereabouts1561 thenabouts1589 some1595 hereabout1675 somewhere1839 the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > about that time thenabouts1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. vi. 8 For then aboutes began the declination of the Romain Empire. 1842 R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 344 I was mentioned more than once thenabouts. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 164 Five year ago, or thenabout. 1844 M. F. Tupper Crock of Gold xxiv Then, or thenabouts, the devil hinted ‘steal it’. 1922 Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Oct. 664/2 If Archdeacon Brandon..must go down, it is then or thenabouts that go down he will. 1931 D. Corkery Synge Introd. p. vii Ireland in 1907—thereabouts and thenabouts. a1967 A. Ransome Autobiogr. (1976) i. 18 When I first came to fish the Beela..in 1930 or thenabouts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.1589
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