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thou meaning

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  • The word thou (/ðaʊ/ in most dialects) is a second person singular pronoun in English. Originally, thou was simply the singular counterpart to the plural pronoun ye, The fact that early English translations of the Bible used the familiar form of the second person in no way indicates "d
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  • NounPLthous
    1. (dated Britain) A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.
      1. SLA A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pounds sterling, etc.
      2. Pronoun
        1. (archaic, literary, religious, ceremonial, or dialectal) you singular nominative case.
          1. Come, O thou Traveller unknown, / Whom still I hold, but cannot see! / My company before is gone, / And I am left alone with Thee; / With Thee all night I mean to stay, / And wrestle till the break of day.
      3. VerbSGthousPRthouingPT, PPthoued
        1. VT To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of familiarity or contempt.
          1. VI To use the word thou.
          2. Adverb
            1. Misspelling of though.
            2. Conjunction
              1. Misspelling of though.
              2. More Examples
                1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
                  • 1882: Thou art my only leach, assain me an thou deign - The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: Richard F. Burton
                  • What dost thou professe? What would’st thou with vs?
                  • Wouldst thou be so kind to tell me thy name, my good sir? ‎
                2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
                  • Thou favourest man with knowledge and teachest a human being understanding.
                  • Thou lettest me kiss thee last year, and the year before, and every other year.
                  • Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point.

              Meaning of thou for the defined word.

              Grammatically, this word "thou" is an adverb, more specifically, an uncomparable adverb. It's also a conjunction. It's also a noun, more specifically, a noun form, an invariant noun, an irregular plural, a nouns with irregular plural and a countable noun. It's also a pronoun, more specifically, a personal pronoun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.
              • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
                1. Adverbs
                  • Uncomparable adverbs
                  • Conjunctions
                    • Nouns
                      • Noun forms
                        • Plurals
                          • Irregular plurals
                            • Invariant nouns
                          • Noun plural forms
                            • Irregular plurals
                              • Invariant nouns
                          • Invariant nouns
                            • Irregular plurals
                              • Invariant nouns
                              • Nouns with irregular plurals
                                • Invariant nouns
                                • Countable nouns
                                • Pronouns
                                  • Personal pronouns
                                  • Verbs
                                    • Intransitive verbs
                                      • Transitive verbs
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