through-other

[ throo-uhth-er ]
/ ˈθruˌʌð ər /

adjective Chiefly Scot.

confused.
Also through-ith·er [throo-ith-er] /ˈθruˌɪð ər/.

Origin of through-other

First recorded in 1590–1600

Words nearby through-other

through the mill, through the motions, through thick and thin, through-composed, through-line , through-other, through-the-lens meter, throughly, throughout, throughput, throughway

Example sentences from the Web for through-other

  • There were tired, untidy women, overrun by circumstances, with that look about them which the Scotch call "through-other."

    The Next of Kin |Nellie L. McClung

British Dictionary definitions for through-other

through-other

adjective Scot

untidy or dishevelled
mixed up; in disorder