'Thoroughgoing' definitions:
Definition of 'thoroughgoing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Performed comprehensively and completely; "an exhaustive study"; "made a thorough search"; "thoroughgoing research" [syn: exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing]
adjective
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated]
Definition of 'Thoroughgoing'
From: GCIDE
- Thoroughgoing \Thor"ough*go`ing\, a.
- 1. Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common in this sense. [1913 Webster]