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Definition of 'thou'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) thou, thow, thu, ).
Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l)
Pronoun
( wikipedia)
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Usage notes
* , as in, for example, “Lovest thou me?” Irregular forms include: (art) (of be), (hast) (of have), shalt (of shall), wost (of (wit)), wilt (of (will)), and (m) (of (m)).
Derived terms
* th'art
* thou'lt
* thou'rt
* thou'st
Verb
( en-verb)
To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of familiarity or contempt.
* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 443:
- "One service more, Sahib , since thou hast come so opportunely," said Lalun. "Wilt thou" – it is very nice to be thou-ed by Lalun – "take this old man across the City [...] to the Kumharsen Gate?"
- I thou thee, thou traitor! (Edward Coke to Walter Raleigh)
- Avaunt, caitiff, dost thou thou me! I am come of good kin, I tell thee!'' (The morality play ''Hickscorner , ca. 1530)
- If thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss''[...] (''Twelfth Night'' 3.2, Sir Toby Belch to Sir Andrew, egging him on to pick a fight with another, where one would expect one knight courteously to say to another, "If ''you thou him...").
- Don't thou''' them as '''thous thee! (Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children)
To use the word thou.
Antonyms
*
Etymology 2
Shortened from thousandth.
Noun
( en-noun)
A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.
Synonyms
* mil (US)
Etymology 3
Shortened from thousand.
Noun
(thou)
(slang) A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pounds sterling, etc.
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