Thursday
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Thurs·day 
[thurz-dey, -dee] Pronunciation Key
[thurz-dey, -dee] Pronunciation Key –noun
| the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. Abbreviation: Th., Thur., Thurs. |
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| Thurs·day
(thûrz'dē, -dā') Pronunciation Key
n. Abbr. Thurs. or Thur. or Thu. or Th or T The fifth day of the week. [Middle English, from Old English thūres dæg, alteration (influenced by Old Norse thōrsdagr, Thor's day) of thunres dæg, Thor's day (translation of Late Latin Iovis diēs, Jupiter's day) : thunres, genitive of thunor, thunder; see (s)tenə- in Indo-European roots + dæg, day; see day.] Thurs'days adv. |
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Thursday
Thursday
O.E. Þurresdæg, perhaps a contraction (influenced by O.N. Þorsdagr) of Þunresdæg, lit. "Thor's day," from Þunre, gen. of Þunor "Thor" (see Thor); from P.Gmc. *thonaras daga- (cf. O.Fris. thunresdei, M.Du. donresdach, Du. donderdag, O.H.G. Donares tag, Ger. Donnerstag "Thursday"), a loan-translation of L. Jovis dies "day of Jupiter," identified with the Gmc. Thor (cf. It. giovedi, O.Fr. juesdi, Fr. jeudi, Sp. jueves), itself a loan-translation of Gk. dios hemera "the day of Zeus."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| thursday | |
noun | |
| the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Thursday
Thurs"day\, n. [OE. [thorn]ursdei, [thorn]orsday, from the Scand. name Thor + E. day. Icel. [thorn][=o]rr Thor, the god of thunder, is akin to AS. [thorn]unor thunder; D. Donderdag Thursday, G. Donnerstag, Icel. [thorn][=o]rsdagr, Sw. & Dan. Torsdag. [root]52. See Thor, Thunder, and Day.] The fifth day of the week, following Wednesday and preceding Friday. Holy Thursday. See under Holy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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