thoroughgoing, a.
(ˈθʌrəˌgəʊɪŋ)
[f. thorough adv. + going, pr. pple. of go v. See also throughgoing.]
Going the full length; doing things thoroughly; acting with completeness; uncompromising, thorough, extreme, out-and-out. (Of persons, actions, etc.)
| 1800 M. Edgeworth Parent's Assistant (ed. 3) VI. 168, I am a thorough-going friend at any rate. 1819 Scott Leg. Montrose xiii, A thoroughgoing friend that understands a hint is worth a million! 1838 Thirlwall Greece IV. xxxi. 194 They now proceeded to bolder and more thorough-going measures. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Mystics (1860) II. 18 What seems..the thorough-going madness of the fiery Persian. 1888 Bryce Amer. Commw. I. 120 Jefferson..was a thorough-going party leader. |
Hence
ˈthoroughˈgoingly adv.;
ˈthorough-ˈgoingness. So
ˈthoroughˈgoer, a thoroughgoing person or animal;
ˈthoroughˌgoing n., the action or habit of doing things thoroughly.
| 1895 Outing (U.S.) 388/1 The horses [polo-ponies] are such *thoroughgoers in the field that it is difficult to say this or the other is best. |
| 1851 J. D. Burns Jrnl. in Mem. iv. (1869) 66 Much..is said about *thoroughgoing and decision of character. |
| 1886 N.E.D. s.v. Boot sb.3 1 b, Like old boots: vigorously, *thoroughgoingly. |
| 1838 C. Gilman Recoll. Southern Matron xxviii. 194 The gentleman had even the *thoroughgoingness to request that my brother's large, stout new slate might be exchanged for a recently-invented tablet. 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. ii. 65 The newspaper, with its party spirit, its thorough-goingness. 1867 Pearson Hist. Eng. I. 35 The Roman sword did its work..with terrible thorough-goingness. |