throughothersadv.
/ˈθruːˌʌðəz/, /ˈθruːəðəz/, U.S. /ˈθruˌəðərz/, Irish English /ˈθruːˌʌðərz/, /ˈθruːəðərz/, Manx English /ˈθruːˌʊðəz/, /ˌθruːˈʊðəz/ Originally Scottish (Manx English and Irish English in later use). rare.
= throughother adv.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adverb]
unfaira1400–50
unorderly1488
throughothera1522
troublesomely1561
disorderedly1574
disorderlya1577
tumultuarily1590
troubledly1599
incomposedly1615
throughothers1637
hirdy-girdy1681
à la débandade1779
disordinately1830
inchoately1964
1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. i. 11 Having beene divers times Pell mel through others.
1835 A. Cregeen Dict. Manks Lang. 70/1 Fyd-y-cheilley, mixed through others.
1894 H. Caine Manxman v. i A face..like a ghose's, and his hair all through-others.
1971 H. R. F. Keating Strong Man vi. ii. 313 The waiter..had been about to pour from his bottle into Keig's glass, and..Keig had reversed the glass and had shaken his head in negative... ‘No. I won't, thank you. Whiskey always makes me all through-others.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1637- diamond-headed
- diamond-knot
- diamond-like
- diamond-merchant
- diamond-mill
- diamond-mine
- diamond-mortar
- diamond-paned
- diamond-paved
- diamond-plaice
- diamond-plough
- diamond-point
- diamond-point chisel
- diamond-pointed
- diamond-polisher
- diamond-powder
- diamond-producing
- diamond-seeker
- diamond-setter
- diamond-shaped
- diamond-snake
- diamond-spar
- diamond-splitter
- diamond-spot
- diamond-tiled