thou

IPA: ðˈaʊ

noun

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

verb

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

adverb

  • Misspelling of though. [(conjunctive) Despite that; however.]
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Examples of "thou" in Sentences

  • Tell me now, thou of the gray head, of what art _thou_ thinking? '
  • “Wilt thou be quiet, ” said the wolf, “thou wilt waken up the people!
  • "How shouldst thou so utterly desert me, Zorzi -- _thou_, and my people whom I love!"
  • “Happy ferry-man, ” thought Grainier, “thou aspirest not to fame; thou composest no epithalamiums.
  • “And thou, ” he said, “thou gavest me thine oath that thou wouldst bring me in safety to Ehrenfels.
  • Say, whither art thou leading this glutton, —thou wretched swineherd, —this plaguy beggar, a kill-joy of the feast?
  • “Before thou receivest my daughter, and half of my kingdom, ” said he to him, “thou must perform one more heroic deed.
  • But thou art a thing preferred to honour: thou art thyself a fragment torn from God: —thou hast a portion of Him within thyself.
  • But wilt thou make a fire, or shall I complain on thee to our mistress, whose hand, —she being now at hand, —thou shalt soon feel, to thy cold comfort, for being slow in thy hot office?
  • With a wild cry she broke from him, and as bitter tears ran down her cheek, she said, "O Kephalos, Kephalos, why hast thou done thus? all my love was thine, and _thou_ hast drawn me into evil deeds."

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