thereabout, thereabouts
(adverb) near that place; “he stayed in London or thereabouts for several weeks”
thereabout, thereabouts
(adverb) near that time or date; “come at noon or thereabouts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thereabout (not comparable)
near that place, time or date
approximately that number
(obsolete) concerning that; about that
Synonym: thereanent
• thereabouts
• breathe out, outbreathe
Source: Wiktionary
There"a*bout`, There"a*bouts`, adv. Etym: [The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used.]
1. Near that place.
2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. Shak. Some three months since, or thereabout. Suckling.
3. Concerning that; about that. [R.] What will ye dine I will go thereabout. Chaucer. They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
