α. 1600s throughfaresom.
β. 1800s thoroughfaresome.
† thoroughfaresomeadj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Capable of being passed through, penetrable.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > that may be passed through
permeable?a1439
transpassable1614
transpenetrable1615
perviousa1631
pertransible1656
thoroughfaresome1674
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 138 All body being as throughfaresom to ghost, as tis stopping to body.
1892 Bearings: Cycling Authority Amer. 16 Sept. Stratford, a well-knit thoroughfaresome town.
2. Relating to passing through.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement over, across, through, or past > [adjective] > through > relating to passing through
thoroughfaresome1863
1863 J. De Morgan Let. 11 Apr. in Life & Corr. W. Whewell (1882) 319 I feel helped by the word διιέναι, because it is a very thoroughfaresome word... It is used for going through a country, or for running a man through the body.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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