thoroughness

thoroughness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English thorough
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English thoroughness

    From thorough + -ness.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθʌɹənəs/, /ˈθʌɹəʊnəs/
    • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/, /ˈθɜɹoʊnəs/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

    thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

    1. The state of being thorough.
    2. Attention to detail.
      • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
        Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.

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