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throughotheradv.adj.  Brit.  /ˈθruːˌʌðə/, /ˈθruːəðə/, U.S. /ˈθruˌəðər/, Scottish English /ˈθruˌʌθər/, /ˈθruəθər/, Irish English /ˈθruːˌʌðər/, /ˈθruːəðər/Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: through prep., other pron. and n. Etymology: < through prep. + other pron. and n. (compare sense 8 at that entry: ‘each other, one another’). Compare German durcheinander (adverb), lit. ‘through another’, so as to be mingled or mixed together (early 15th cent.), in a state of disorder or confusion (16th cent.).In U.S. regional use in Pennsylvania greatly influenced by Pennsylvania German darrichenanner, darrichnanner (variant of German durcheinander : see above). Compare also U.S. regional (Pennsylvania) through another , through each other , in the same sense. In Irish English use perhaps also influenced by Irish trína chéile mixed-up, confused, lit. ‘through each other’ (17th cent. as tréna chéile , or earlier); compare the similarly-formed Scottish Gaelic trìd a chèile promiscuously, troimh a chèile , tro chèile confused. With the form thorowother compare thorough prep. Originally Scottish; later also U.S. regional and (now frequently) Irish English. A. adv.the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adverb] a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xiii. ix 109 Dansys and rowndis traysyng mony gatis, Athir throu other reland, on thar gys. a1586 King Hart l. 583 in W. A. Craigie (1919) I. 272 Reassoun and wit richt at the ȝet thay rang..So come thai in Ilkane throw uþer thrang. 1593 J. Napier i. xxvii. 49 Some hath mixed confusedly, the tokens of these two Beasts through other. 1637 S. Rutherford (1863) I. 317 Hope and love, woven through other. 1683 J. Reid ii. iv. 84 Cut their tops at a bud to make them furnish thick, and ply their side boughes to grow through other. 1720 A. Ramsay 222 Little Midges frisk in lazy Air, Have you not seen thro' ither how they reel? 1786 R. Burns 38 Till skelp—a shot—they're aff, a' throw'ther, To save their skin. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in 2nd Ser. II. 87 They were a' speaking and gabbling through other. 1880 21 Sept. 5/4 The accused said she only took her brother's part, and tried to separate them, as they were all fighting ‘throughither’. 1919 Oct. 257/1 The billy gaed fumblin' helter-skelter thro' it [sc. my portmantel]—tumblin' my claes a' thro ither in a maist unmercifu' manner. a1959 D. Devlin (1989) 151 Phrases twisted throughother. 1996 C. I. Macafee 356/2 Through-other, throo-ither, in a disorderly way; in a confused way. 2. As complement of to be or in other stative expressions (sometimes passing into adjectival use; cf. B.). the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adjective] > miscellaneous or heterogeneous > incongruously mixed 1626 Linlithgow Burgh Rec. 15 Sept. in at Throuch(e)-uther He maid sick bussines that allmoist he patt the heall towne throw wther. 1630 S. Rutherford (1863) I. 52 O sweet communion, when Christ and we are through other and are no longer two! a1658 J. Durham (1685) ii. 19 The Conscience is disquieted, troubled, and as it were through other, or confused. 1751 H. Blyde (new ed.) 3 There was no Ousen, but Men and Women a' thro' ither. 1839 T. Dick in 2nd Ser. 10 He was idle and thro'ither, and drucken an' a'. 1855 J. Ruskin Let. Oct. in (1982) 68 With all the pages through-other, and backside foremost. a1889 G. M. Hopkins (1967) 97 For earth her being has unbound; her dapple is at an end, as-tray or aswarm, all throughther, in throngs. 1923 G. Rae 20 The things doonby are gey throughither. 2008 M. Dunlop 17 She had a few acres and a wee place but it was all a bit through-other and not in a great way of going. the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adjective] > extravagant 1813 E. Picken I. 62 Weel, tho' he was so sadly throu'ther, Since than he ne'er leuk'd or his shouther. 1817 M. Edgeworth Rose, Thistle, & Shamrock iii. ii, in 353 She's mad with you, and that has set her all thro' other. 1899 C. M. Thomson 114 He was that throughither wi' waikness an' want o' sleep. 1911 J. G. Neihardt 241 I could've spit in her face, I was that throughother! 1973 B. Friel ii. iii. 74 Wait till you know what you're at. You're all throughother. 1992 T. L. Leaman v. 68 In Pennsylvania Dutch country we are likely to say we ‘feel all through-other’ or ‘beside myself’. B. adj. ( attributive). the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] 1720 R. Wodrow (1843) II. 492 About half an hour after I despatched mine to you,..my rude and through-other draught. 1797 R. Buchanan 3 Attend then To my thro'ther Shandean lay. 1831 Oct. 629/2 'Twas a through-other kind of a business. 1879 M. Crommelin (1880) 170 It's a throughother place this. 1910 W. Findlay in J. MacIntosh 272 At the throughither waddin' o' Hullibalee. 1976 C. Carson 33 Our mother would have said, ‘A new bride And a through-other house make a bad match.’ 2009 J. W. Foster x. 142 This Patrick Kavanagh-like conjuring of small miracle out of an everyday of nature requires an incongruity, like the Monaghan poet's bluebells in a throughother landscape. 1801 Dec. 451 Some half-witted throuther Poet. 1863 J. Brown (1882) 320 Leading a wild throughother life. 1908 ‘L. Doyle’ viii. 162 He was the best av good company—ye niver seen a throughother dhrunken crather that wasn't. 1952 R. Knappett xviii. 153 The Scotswoman..had been driven to frenzy by the ‘through-other’ ways of the other occupants of the kitchen. 2002 (Nexis) 22 Nov. For all his throughother ways,..John was a big hit with the girls. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adv.adj.a1522 |