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thou
1 [th
ou] pronoun, sing., nom. thou; possessive thy or thine; objective thee; pl., nom. you or ye; possessive your or yours; objective you or ye; verb pronoun
1.
( Archaic except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose ) the personal pronoun of the second person singular in the nominative case (used to denote the person or thing addressed): Thou shalt not kill.
2.
(used by the Friends) a familiar form of address of the second person singular.
verb (used with object)
3.
to address as “thou.”
verb (used without object)
4.
to use “thou” in discourse.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English thū; cognate with German, Middle Dutch du, Old Norse thū, Gothic thu, Old Irish tú, Welsh, Cornish ti, Latin tū, Doric Greek tý, Lithuanian tù, OCS ty; akin to Sanskrit tvam; (v.) late Middle English thowen, derivative of the pronoun
before 900; Middle English; Old English thū; cognate with German, Middle Dutch du, Old Norse thū, Gothic thu, Old Irish tú, Welsh, Cornish ti, Latin tū, Doric Greek tý, Lithuanian tù, OCS ty; akin to Sanskrit tvam; (v.) late Middle English thowen, derivative of the pronoun
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World English Dictionary
thine (ðaɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —determiner | |
| archaic Compare thy | |
| a. (preceding a vowel) of, belonging to, or associated in some way with you (thou): thine eyes | |
| b. (as pronoun): thine is the greatest burden | |
| [Old English thīn; related to Old High German dīn, Gothic theina] | |
| thou1 (ðaʊ) | |
| —pron | |
| 1. | archaic, dialect refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior |
| 2. | (usually capital) refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc |
| [Old English thū; related to Old Saxon thū, Old High German du, Old Norse thū, Latin tū, Doric Greek tu] | |
| thou2 (θaʊ) | |
| —n , pl thous, thou | |
| 1. | one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre |
| 2. | informal short for thousand |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
thine
O.E. þin, possessive pronoun (originally gen. of þu "thou"), from P.Gmc. *thinaz (cf. O.Fris., O.S. thin, M.Du. dijn, O.H.G. din, Ger. dein, O.N. þin), from PIE *t(w)eino-, suffixed form of second pers. sing. pronomial base *tu-. A brief history of the second person pronoun in Eng.
thou
2nd nominative singular personal pronoun, O.E. þu, from P.Gmc. *thu (cf. O.Fris. thu, M.Du., M.L.G. du, O.H.G., Ger. du, O.N. þu, Goth. þu), from PIE *tu-, second person singular pronoun (cf. L. tu, Ir. tu, Welsh ti, Gk. su, Lith. tu, O.C.S. ty, Skt. twa-m). Superseded in M.E. by plural
form you (from a different root), but retained in certain dialects (e.g. Philadelphia Quakers). The plural at first was used in addressing superior individuals, later also (to err on the side of propriety) strangers, and ultimately all equals. By c.1450 the use of thou to address inferiors gave it a tinge of insult unless addressed by parents to children, or intimates to one another. Hence the verb meaning "to use 'thou' to a person" (c.1440).
"Avaunt, caitiff, dost thou thou me! I am come of good kin, I tell thee!" ["Hickscorner," c.1530]A brief history of the second person pronoun in Eng. can be found here.
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Slang Dictionary
thou definition[θɑʊ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| thou thousand |
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Example sentences
Is to take thine own physic, and read thine own rhymes.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory for ever.
And, even now, so the imperative remains: to cast aside the mine-and-thine rhetoric of cultural ownership.
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