Definition of thou
archaic
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Origin and Etymology of thou
Middle English, from Old English thū; akin to Old High German dū thou, Latin tu, Greek sy
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First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined above
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Arizona Renaissance Festival Would thou wish to partake in a giant, greasy turkey leg whilst watching a live jousting tournament?
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First Known Use of thou
15th century
Definition of thou
plural thou
: a thousand of something (such as dollars)
- paid 25 thou for the car
Examples of thou in a Sentence
She earns more than a hundred thou a year.
Recent Examples of thou from the Web
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But Urban Decay is here to one-up all of them—because the cooler-than-thou makeup brand is fulfilling our wildest dreams and releasing a new eyeshadow palette.
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Linklink Copy Reportflag farquadoftheislands 16 minutes ago Dost thou have a conspiracy theory?
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Despite an insistence from a holier-than-thou Adolph Rupp that his boys weren’t involved in such nefarious schemes, Kentucky was banned for a full season as well.
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Leave it to Jennifer Lopez to radiate a holier-than-thou glow in a Balmain dress at the 2018 Met Gala.
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But the English accents and olde world-isms (thee, thou etc.) were almost unintelligible.
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Before my baby was born, the mom vs. mom stuff just seemed like petty sniping and holier-than-thou criticism.
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What would infuriate the American people would be to deflect it, to seem holier than thou.
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Cooler-than-thou French brand Maison Kitsune's graphic cases walk the line between safe and insane pretty perfectly.
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Origin and Etymology of thou
short for thousand
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Definition of thou for English Language Learners
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—used as a singular form of “you” when it is the subject of a verb
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