abouts
/əˈbaʊts/Now chiefly United States regional
adverb
= about.
preposition
= about.
- Some apparent examples from the 18th cent. onwards are probably simple misprints, especially before words such as its..
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in John Trevisa (c1342–?1402), translator. As adverb from about + -s. As preposition from about + -s.
- palaeographic
- palaeographical
- palaeographically
- palaeographist
- palaeography
- palaeogravity
- palaeoherpetologist
- palaeoherpetology
- palaeohydrography
- palaeohydrology
- palaeoichnologic
- palaeoichnological
- palaeoichnology
- palaeoichthyological
- palaeoichthyologist
- palaeoichthyology
- Palaeo-Indian
- palaeointensity
- palaeolake
- palaeolatitude
- palaeolatitudinal
- palaeoliberal
- palaeolimnological
- palaeolimnologist
- palaeolimnology