thou
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[ English
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| asked | soon | almost | #217: thou | full | country | course |
[ Etymology 1
[ Pronunciation
[ Pronoun
thou (second person singular nominative case, plural ye or you, objective case thee, reflexive thyself, possessive determiner thy, possessive pronoun thine)
[ Usage notes
- Thou is used with the archaic second-person singular of verbs, which usually ends in -est, as in, for example, “Lovest thou me?” Exceptions (forms without s) include art (of be), shalt (of shall) and wilt (of will).
[ Translations
singular informal form of "you"
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[ Verb
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to thou (third-person singular simple present thous, present participle thouing, simple past and past participle thoued)
- (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou.
- (intransitive) To use thee word thou.
[ Etymology 2
Shortened from thousand and thousandth.
[ Pronunciation
[ Noun
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thou (plural thous)
- (UK) A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.
[ Synonyms
- mil (US)
[ Noun
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thou (plural thou)
- (slang) A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pounds sterling, etc.
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