nearabouts

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

nearabouts (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of nearabout
    nearabouts the library, nearabouts ten o'clock
    • c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court
      For where the majesty of a king's house draws recourse and access, it is both disgraceful to the king and diseaseful to the people, if the ways near-abouts be not fair and good […]
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