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thou

Pronunciation: /ðaʊ/

The English word “thou” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
  2. To use the word thou.

noun

  1. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch (25.4 µm).
  2. A thousand, especially a thousand of some currency (dollars, pounds sterling, etc.).

Etymology

From Middle English thou, tho, thogh, thoue, thouȝ, thow, thowe, tou, towe, thu, thue, thugh, tu, you (Northern England), ðhu, þeou, þeu, þou (the latter three early Southwest England), from Old English þū, from Proto-West Germanic *þū, from Proto-Germanic *þū (“you (singular), thou”), from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you, thou”). cognates and usage evolution The English word is cognate with…

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