thorough
/ˈθʌɹə/ · adj
Meaning
- Painstaking and careful not to miss or omit any detail.
- Utter; complete; absolute.
- Through.
- A furrow between two ridges, to drain off the surface water.
- A scheme devised in 17th-century England by Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford to establish absolute monarchy in England, involving the appointment of Arminian clergy.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English thoruȝ, þoruȝ, from Old English þuruh, a byform of Old English þurh, whence comes English through. The adjective derives from the preposition and adverb. The word developed a syllabic form in cases where the word was fully stressed: when it was used as an adverb, adjective, or noun, and less commonly when used as a preposition.
- through(English)→
- þurh(Old English)→
- þuruh(Old English)→
- thoruȝ(Middle English)→
- *terh₂-(ine-pro)→
- thorough (English)
- Relations: root, inh, inh, inh, cog
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