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thoroughgo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
thor-ough-go
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go through.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English thurhgon, from Old English þurhgān (“to go through, go over, pass through, pierce, penetrate, permeate, pervade”), equivalent to thorough- + go. Cognate with Dutch doorgaan (“to go on, continue, go through, proceed”), German durchgehen (“to go through, pass through”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

thoroughgoes (present, singular) thoroughgoing (participle, present) thoroughwent (past) thoroughgone (participle, past) thorough-go (alternative)

Derived Forms

thoroughgoing

Questions

What does thoroughgo mean?
To go through.
Where does thoroughgo come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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