thou

pronoun

\ ˈt͟hau̇

Definition of thou

(Entry 1 of 3)

archaic

: the one addressed thou shalt have no other gods before me — Exodus 20:3 (King James Version) —used especially in ecclesiastical or literary language and by Friends as the universal form of address to one person — compare thee, thine, thy, ye, you

thou

verb

thoued; thouing; thous

Definition of thou (Entry 2 of 3)

transitive verb

: to address as thou

thou

noun

\ ˈthau̇

plural thou

Definition of thou (Entry 3 of 3)

: a thousand of something (such as dollars) paid 25 thou for the car

Examples of thou in a Sentence

Noun

She earns more than a hundred thou a year.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Now must thou return to the gallows and walk to the pine counting thy steps. — Quanta Magazine, "Solution: ‘How to Find Simple Treasures in Complex Numbers’," 22 Mar. 2019 Arizona Renaissance Festival Would thou wish to partake in a giant, greasy turkey leg whilst watching a live jousting tournament? — Sonja Haller, azcentral, "Ultimate Arizona bucket list: 14 things to do in Pinal County," 18 Feb. 2015

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Better thou hadst not been born than not to have pleased me better. — Paula Marantz Cohen, WSJ, "Shakespeare’s Uncomfortable Message for Baby Boomers," 26 Oct. 2018 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? — National Geographic, "Did Queen Esther’s beauty or bravery foil a massacre?," 8 Mar. 2019 But only in The Feral Detective is there a ritualized hand-to-hand combat to the death in a desert arena, followed by a dinner party at a hipper-than-thou resort. — Constance Grady, Vox, "Jonathan Lethem’s Feral Detective is a mess. But it’s a fun mess.," 27 Nov. 2018 Set during a time when people spoke in thou’s and thee’s, Robert Eggers’ Puritan nightmare explores the coming-of-age of a might-be witch (Anya Taylor-Joy). — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "The 28 Best Halloween Movies on Netflix," 11 Oct. 2018 The holier-than-thou hypocrisy of big media companies who lay claim to the truth, but publish only enough to sugarcoat the lie, is why the public no longer respects them. — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, "Elon Musk veers off the road in assailing the media," 29 May 2018 And those journalists deserve to be heralded — just not in this holier-than-thou cinematic cri de coeur. — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, "Liberal outrage in Rob Reiner's 'Shock and Awe'," 12 July 2018 One of them said, the sixth commandment is, thou shalt not admit adultery. — Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, "In Plains, Ga., an evangelical politician like no other," 11 July 2018 Catherine Lew, Principal and Co-Founder of The Lew Edwards Group Where art thou, voter? — Amy Chance, sacbee, "California Influencers: What did we learn from the June primary election, and why?," 11 June 2018

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