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thereout

/ðɛəɹˈaʊt/

thereout adverb: out of it, out from it.

Adverb

thereout (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Out of it, out from it.
    • Claius presently went to a Fisherman, & having agreed with him, and provided some apparrell for the naked stranger, he imbarked, and the Shepheards with him: and were no sooner gone beyond the mouth of the haven, but that some way into the sea they might discerne (as it were) a stayne of the waters...1590, Philip Sidney, Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
    • Thereout a strange beast with seven heads arose, / That townes and castles under her brest did coure.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visions of the Worlds Vanitie”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    therefrom
  2. (obsolete) outside; outdoors

Synonyms of thereout

Origin of thereout

From Middle English ther-oute, þer-out, þar-out, þeroute, from Old English þǣrūt and þǣrūte, equivalent to there + out. Compare Saterland Frisian deeruut, Dutch daaruit, German Low German daarut, German daraus.

Questions about thereout

What does thereout mean?
Thereout means out of it, out from it.
What part of speech is thereout?
Thereout is an adverb.
How do you pronounce thereout?
Thereout is pronounced /ðɛəɹˈaʊt/.

Words near thereout in the dictionary

  1. therenigh
  2. thereof
  3. thereology
  4. thereon
  5. thereonto
  6. thereout
  7. thereoutside
  8. thereover
  9. thereright
  10. theres
  11. Theresa

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