thoroughpaced

American  

[thur-oh-peyst, -uh-peyst, thuhr-] / ˈθɜr oʊˌpeɪst, -əˌpeɪst, ˈθʌr- /

adjective

1. trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.

2. thoroughgoing, complete, or perfect.

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thoroughpaced British  

/ ˈθʌrəˌpeɪst /

adjective

1. (of a horse) showing performing ability in all paces

2. thoroughgoing

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Etymology

Origin of thoroughpaced

First recorded in 1640–50; thorough + paced

Example Sentences

Despite the tight-lipped opposition of all the old-line insurance companies, the plan was a thoroughpaced success.

From Time Magazine Archive

Look at it how I might, this business wore a most curst aspect, to be sure; nor could I regard myself as anything but a thoroughpaced rogue.

From A Set of Rogues by Barrett, Frank

There is no tyrant like a thoroughpaced reformer.

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love

He did not stand shivering upon the brink, but was a hearty thoroughpaced liar, and plunged at once into the depths of your credulity.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles

And certainly, if the indictment contained a true statement of the facts, James M'Wilkin, or Wilkinson, or Wilson was about as thoroughpaced a marauder as ever perambulated a common.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various