Definitions for thou

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thou thou

Spelling: [th ou]

IPA: /ðaʊ/

Thou is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in thou (hotu).

Definitions for thou

noun

1. one thousand dollars, pounds, etc.

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):
2. (used by the Friends) a familiar form of address of the second person singular.

verb (used with object)

1. to address as “thou.”.

verb (used without object)

1. to use “thou” in discourse.

Origin of thou

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;

Examples for thou

Three times,” he says angrily, “thou shalt betray me ere the cock crows.

In an arms races to prove they are holier than thou, rabbis add more and more prohibitions and prerequisites.

“thou art a big fellow for a school,” said his uncle, looking him over.

“thou shouldst bring him one of these days,” said Sir Thomas.

Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

“thou art a good-hearted lad,” said the alderman with a hand on his shoulder.

I fly to seek a kindlier sphere, Since thou hast ceased to love me here.

"Stranger, thou hast not yet learned the fashions of Athens," said Anaxagoras, gravely.

According to the politest version, the Cossacks replied: thou Turkish Devil!

American declinism is the prophetic motif: If you will pray, thou shalt be redeemed.