thruout

English

Etymology

See thru.

Preposition

thruout

1. (US, Canada) Nonstandard spelling of throughout.
   • 1920 May, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 78, column 2:

     He connected the bulb in circuit with his conventional radio apparatus, using the same circuits for additional electrodes that he had used thruout his experiments with the thing.

   • 1943, Billboard, volume 55, number 3:

     It led to a drive against screeno as used in movie houses thruout the city.

   • 1950 March 4, John Evans, “Notes on News in Religion”, in Chicago Daily Tribune, volume CIX, number 54, Chicago, Ill., page 8:

     St. Paul arrived in Greece 1,900 years ago this summer. It was a momentous event for the peoples of the western world. To signalize this undevicesimal centennial, the Greek Orthodox church is inviting scholars and religious leaders thruout the world to Athens for a delayed celebration in June of 1951.

Adverb

thruout (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada) Nonstandard spelling of throughout.