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adjective
1.
going out; departing: outgoing trains.
2.
leaving or retiring from a position or office: A farewell party was given for the outgoing members of the board of directors.
3.
addressed and ready for posting: outgoing mail.
4.
of or pertaining to food prepared for delivery or consumption off the premises: outgoing orders at the pizza parlor.
5.
interested in and responsive to others; friendly; sociable: an outgoing personality.
noun
6.
Usually, outgoings. Chiefly British. expenses; money expended.
7.
the act of going out: The ship's outgoing proved more difficult than its incoming.
8.
something that goes out; effluence: an outgoing measured in kilowatt hours.
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Out-goings
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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outgoing
"sociable, friendly," 1950, from out + going; compounded on same notion as in extrovert.
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