Thou

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A thousand, especially of dollars. noun

Used to indicate the one being addressed, especially in a literary, liturgical, or devotional context. pronoun

A personal pronoun of the second person, in the singular number, nominative case, the possessive case being thy or thine, and the objective thee: plural, ye or you, your, you. See thine and you.

In ordinary English use the place of thou has been taken by you, which is properly plural, and takes a plural verb. Thou is now little used except archaically, in poetry, provincially, in addressing the Deity, and by the Friends, who usually say not thou but thee, putting a verb in the third person singular with it: as, thee is or is thee?

Formerly it was used in general address, and often bore special significance, according to circumstances, as noting— equality, familiarity, or intimacy

Superiority on the part of the speaker

Contempt or scorn for the person addressed (see thou, v.).

To address as “thou”: implying (except when referring to the usage of the Friends) familiarity, wrath, scorn, contempt, etc.

To use thou, thee, thy, and thine in discourse, as do the Friends.

The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style. pronoun

To address as thou, esp. to do so in order to treat with insolent familiarity or contempt. transitive verb

To use the words thou and thee in discourse after the manner of the Friends. intransitive verb

You singular informal, nominative case pronoun

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

To use the word thou. verb

A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch. noun

A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pounds sterling, etc. noun

The cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word thou. Define thou, thou synonyms, thou pronunciation, thou translation, English dictionary definition of thou.

Archaic form of 'you' still used in areas of Northern England Urban Dictionary

Archaic second person singular pronoun version of You. While You was originally used for plural or formal speach thou was used for personal use. Urban Dictionary

An incorrect chatspeak misspelling of the word though or "although"... the correct misspelling would be tho. Urban Dictionary

One thousand units of currency. Urban Dictionary

1000 meter race. Urban Dictionary

Machine Tool Operator Tech Speak for "Thousandths of an Inch" (.001"). Urban Dictionary

Late eighties word meaning "lots of". still used in small areas of west suburban boston.(origin;thousands) Urban Dictionary

Thou: A word used by holy dudes to speak to holier dudes. Urban Dictionary

Abridged variant of the word "thousand". Almost exclusively used when connoting monetary value. Urban Dictionary

Bible-speak for you. It can be used in a Biblical Curse. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to thou:
thou.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word thou:
mayst, shalt, didst, canst, hast, thyself, wast, thy, thine, wilt, dost, covet, thee, wert, unto, hath, forsaken, behold, redeemer, womb, almighty, shall, adultery, sonnet, pronoun, bless, pray, psalm, surely, neighbour, hymn, steal, glorious, lovely, neighbor, suffer, god, blessed, dear, answered, blessing, faithful, singular, commit, eternal, heaven, plural, glory, art, poem, forth, jesus, replied, mercy, beloved, lord, dust, soul, kill, hate, verb, verse, servant, nor, eat, hearts, prayer, joy, hear, christ, holy, genesis, tune, devil, gospel, sin, deliver, gods, moses, grace, our, let, die, witness, soundtrack, grammy, hell, lie, false, sweet, sing, bible, divine, remember, love, say, bear, chorus, sung, till.

Words that rhyme with thou:
sow, bow, now, cow, allow, how, plow, wow, endow, disavow, plough, vow, bough, scow, ciao, brow, kowtow, chow, tao, blough, avow, prow, meow, somehow, pow, dow, luau, highbrow, howe, powwow, lough, eyebrow, landau, anyhow, lao, curacao, frau, clough, macao, disallow, snowplow, mao, pao, brough, yow, hao, shough, fao, macau, chao, rau, cao, bao, dao, sao, gow, lau, mindanao, liao, blau, bilbao, cash cow, rao, sprow, yao, kau, hau, right now, xiao, cau, sacred cow, brau, aue, chow chow, sea cow, up to now, kao, until now, just now, qingdao, dowe, powe, grau, take a bow, milk cow, tsingtao, lister plow, zhao, here and now, depauw, milch cow, qiao, thao, strough, tsao, ant cow, skow, dairy cow, and how, puppy chow.

Adjectives that are often used to describe thou:
meanest, earnest, than, eternal, holier, thinkest, knowest, deep, blue, pure, happy, vain, sayest, divine, absolute, particular, dead, low, blessed, hast, speakest, familiar, day, awful, five, late, worthy, glorious, compare, welcome, deemest, and, holierthan, ill, askest, tamest, talkest, faintest, singular, beloved, less, intimate, fair, steepest, ultimate, naked, angry, clean, complainest, holy, finite, faint, grave, affectionate, hourly, calm, rest, celebrated, contrary, plain, favourable, boldest, loud, lumpish, nominative, callest, sad, transcendent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective thou:
relationship, attitude, bind, hast, hadst, relationships, encounter, art, wilt, relations, relation, doest, shalt, philosophy, desirest, attitudes, experience, seest, orientation, wert, stance, encounters, dost, comest, mode, love, god, tone, boastest, situation, concept, talkest, shah, dialogue, sand, canst, standest, stuff, image, wast, moments, needs, nots, doubtest, posture, seemest, crap, son, confrontation, perspective, slave, pleasest, relatedness, offerest, fashion, dreamest, communion, speakest, haste, critics, hearest, criticism, mistakest, relationality, reasonest, games, commandest, arrogance, seekest, heardest.

Consonant match to thou:
the, though, they, thee, thy, tho, thur, thao, thau, the a.

Words that sound like thou:
thou, thao, thau, thaw, though, the, thee, they, thigh, tho, thy, tha, thi, thew, thay, thoe, thu, thie, thei, thae, thaa, thoi, ttha, zhao, xiao, tht, thous, wth, -th, tth, thd, thowl, how, dow, mao, tao, fow, howe, dao, mau, hao, dowe, dhow, hau, fao, miao, fau, pfau, mauw, haue, now, wow, sow, chow, ciao, chao, lough, lau, rao, wau, yao, sough, sau, lao, jow, yow, nao, sao, shao, whow, rau, zsa, jau, wrao, jao, zao, tsao, schow, saue, xio, shough, gnau, jiao, hsiao, shau, chiao, wowe, woww, uau, siao, zau, lauw, rauw, yowe, giao, raue, arrau, thar, otha, thall.