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nearabouts

adv

Etymology

From near + about + -s (see adverbial genitive).

  1. inherited from *-es✻
  2. inherited from *-ōs✻
  3. inherited from *-ōs✻
  4. inherited from -as
  5. inherited from -s
  6. compounded as nearabouts — “near + about + -s”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of nearabout.

    • nearabouts the library, nearabouts ten o'clock

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA