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thou

  • verb
  • ''th''ou

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

Example

“Don’t thou them as thous thee! – a Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children”

Other meanings

  1. To use the word thou.

Word history

From Middle English "thouen".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “thou” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.