throughgoing meaning: definition, etymology

throughgoing

noun

Etymology From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go.

Scotland, Dialectal A scolding; a severe reprimand or reproof.

throughgoing

adj

Etymology From through- + going. Compare thoroughgo, Scots throuchganging, Old English þurhgān, þurhgangan (“to go through, penetrate”). More at through, go.

Scotland, Dialectal Active; energetic.

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