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thou | tho |

As pronouns the difference between thou and tho

is that thou is you singular informal, nominative casetho is those; they.

As a verb thou

is to address (a person) using the pronoun {{term|thou|lang=en}}, especially as an expression of familiarity or contempt.

As a noun thou

is a unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.

As an article tho is

the plural form; those.

As an adverb tho is

then; thereupon.

As a conjunction tho is

when.

thou

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) thou, thow, thu, ).

Alternative forms

* (l), (l), (l), (l)

Pronoun

(wikipedia thou)
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    • Usage notes
    * , as in, for example, “Lovest thou me?” Irregular forms include: (art) (of be), (hast) (of have), shalt (of shall), wost (of (wit)), wilt (of (will)), and (m) (of (m)).
    Derived terms
    * th'art * thou'lt * thou'rt * thou'st
    See also
    (English personal pronouns)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of familiarity or contempt.
  • * 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White , Folio Society 2005, p. 443:
    • "One service more, Sahib , since thou hast come so opportunely," said Lalun. "Wilt thou" – it is very nice to be thou-ed by Lalun – "take this old man across the City [...] to the Kumharsen Gate?"
    I thou thee, thou traitor! (Edward Coke to Walter Raleigh)
    Avaunt, caitiff, dost thou thou me! I am come of good kin, I tell thee!'' (The morality play ''Hickscorner , ca. 1530)
    If thou thou'st him some thrice, it shall not be amiss''[...] (''Twelfth Night'' 3.2, Sir Toby Belch to Sir Andrew, egging him on to pick a fight with another, where one would expect one knight courteously to say to another, "If ''you thou him...").
    Don't thou''' them as '''thous thee! (Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children)
  • To use the word thou.

    • Antonyms

    *

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from thousandth.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.
    • Synonyms
    * mil (US)

    Etymology 3

    Shortened from thousand.

    Noun

    (thou)
  • (slang) A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pounds sterling, etc.

    • Statistics

    * English heteronyms English personal pronouns English terms with multiple etymologies

    tho

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Article

    (head)
  • (label) The (plural form); those.

    • Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (label) Those; they.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Then; thereupon.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.2:

    • Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
  • (label) When.

    • Etymology 3

    American English; Alteration of (though).

    Adverb

    (-)
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=2009 , year_published= , edition= , editor= , author=John Hough , title=Seen the Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Gettysburg , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=Simon and Schuster , isbn=9781416589655 , page=121 , passage=I wonder now when I will find time to read it but it is a treasure anyway tho heavy in my knapsack, … }}

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