thriceadv.

Brit.

/θrʌɪs/, U.S.

/θraɪs/

Forms: α. Middle English ( Orm.) þriȝess, Middle English þries, thryese, Middle English þryys, Middle English thries, Middle English–1500s thryes, thryis, Middle English threes, threies, thryess, 1500s Scottish thryiss. β. Middle English þrys, þriis, thrijs, Middle English thrys, threys, Middle English–1500s thris, Middle English–1600s thrise, thryse, Middle English thrisse, Middle English–1500s thryss, 1600s thryce, 1500s– thrice.

Etymology: Middle English þriȝes , þriës , þryës , < þrië, þryë, thrie adv. + -s of adverbial genitive, after Middle English anes, ones, once adv., conj., adj., and n.: compare twice. From c1600 spelt thrice, to indicate the long vowel and the breath sound of s, as in dice, mice, nice, twice, etc.

1. Three times (in succession); on three successive occasions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > [adverb]

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c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1149 Ure laferrd..Badd hise bedess þriȝess.

a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 46 He weop him sulf þries [?c1225 Cleo. þriȝen] mid his feire eien.

c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 13009 And so Arthur..bi-vrne hit þries [c1275 Calig. þreie].

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11340 Was þer no knyght of so hey blod..Þat þer fore scholde be holde in pris, But he in dede were proued þrys.

1350–1400 Sir Beues (MS. E.) 4313 + 208 Þryys sche ffyl doun to þe grounde.

c1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 308 At þo ende [he] sayes sanctus thryese.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20973 Scipbreging he [sc. Paul] suffurd thrise [Fairf. þries, Gött. thrijs].

a1400–50 Alexander 2279 Þus fall þou thrisse.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xi. 45 Þare denyed Petre oure Lord thryess.

c1400 Brut cxciv. 214 [He] felle adoun..and þries [1480 Caxton thryes] cussede þe grounde.

1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 Threies seaven Ave Marias, with xv Pater Nosters and thre credes.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 85 The king sent vnto her onis, tuyes, thries, and she denied not to come.

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 159 Jsrael was discomfyte twys or thris.

1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iiii*^v Naming the childe, [he] shall dyppe it in the water thryse.

?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 16 Twyss or thryis in the ȝeir.

1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 335 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 271 He turnit him abowt Weill thryiss.

1611 Bible (King James) Mark xiv. 30 Before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt deny me thrise [ Tind. thryse].

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 418 A Spoonful or two of Canary Wine, twice or thrice a Day.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xvi. 345 Though I left it thrice, it was of my own free will.

a. Three times as much as (in number, amount, or value). Often vaguely or hyperbolically: Many times (as much).Usually preceding a numeral, or const. with as, or with comparative (now rare or obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > multiplication by three > [adverb]

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a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 430 Angels..þat suld of ordres haf thris thre.

1427–8 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 295 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Threes as much as he..shall losse.

c1460 Wisdom 649 in Macro Plays 56 More þan I take, spende I threys iij.

1528 in Exch. Rolls Scotl. XV. 666 Bot giff the personis..be vailȝeand in gudis wortht thryss the gudis at ar pundit.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thrise as muche, triplaris, e.

1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. Aii I haue a hart thrice stronger then my years.

1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lvi. sig. D4^v Which..Makes Somers welcome, thrice more wish'd, more rare.

a1771 T. Gray Death of Hoel in Poems (1775) 59 Thrice two hundred warriors.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 344 A sum more than thrice as great as the whole income of the English crown in 1685.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 30 With some surprise and thrice as much disdain.

†b. In three manners or respects. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adverb] > in three ways

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1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 37 Men in great place, are thrice seruaunts: servaunts of the Sovereigne, or state, servaunts of fame, and seruaunts of businesse.

a. Combined with a past participle, forming an attributive phrase or compound adjective (in senses 1, 2).

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1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Thrys scheild trumpir.

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 2 Thou thrice crowned Queene of night.

1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 282 A Dish Of thrice-boil'd Beans.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 5 Like a thrice-told Tale.

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel v. 283 A hundred millions thrice-told.

b. Similarly with any adjective, used vaguely or hyperbolically (as in 2): Very, highly, greatly, extremely (cf. Latin ter).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly

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1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 60 Howe will my right worshipfull and thrisevenerable masters of Cambridge scorne at the matter?

1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 61 Thrishonorable.

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 157 This thrise famous [1623 thrice-famed] Duke.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 536 This thrice-noble family of the Percies.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 570 Thrice happy Iles.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxii. 51 Thrice blest whose lives are faithful prayers.

4. As quasi-adj. Thrice performed; threefold, triple (rare); in first quot. vaguely: Very great.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge

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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > multiplication by three > [adjective]

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1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xix. 143 Ther were many knyghtes that ouermatched syr gawayne for alle the thryes myghte that he had.

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 44 S. Peter..after his relapse with thrise denial and forswearing of him.

1619 M. Drayton Poems (new ed.) 173 For which, she her thrice-Penance was assign'd.

1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 21 Till the thrice Confession Blot the thrice Denial out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thrice
释义	thriceadv. Brit. /θrʌɪs/, U.S. /θraɪs/ Forms: α. Middle English ( Orm.) þriȝess, Middle English þries, thryese, Middle English þryys, Middle English thries, Middle English–1500s thryes, thryis, Middle English threes, threies, thryess, 1500s Scottish thryiss. β. Middle English þrys, þriis, thrijs, Middle English thrys, threys, Middle English–1500s thris, Middle English–1600s thrise, thryse, Middle English thrisse, Middle English–1500s thryss, 1600s thryce, 1500s– thrice. Etymology: Middle English þriȝes , þriës , þryës , < þrië, þryë, thrie adv. + -s of adverbial genitive, after Middle English anes, ones, once adv., conj., adj., and n.: compare twice. From c1600 spelt thrice, to indicate the long vowel and the breath sound of s, as in dice, mice, nice, twice, etc. 1. Three times (in succession); on three successive occasions. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > [adverb] thriec950 thricec1175 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 1149 Ure laferrd..Badd hise bedess þriȝess. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 46 He weop him sulf þries [?c1225 Cleo. þriȝen] mid his feire eien. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 13009 And so Arthur..bi-vrne hit þries [c1275 Calig. þreie]. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11340 Was þer no knyght of so hey blod..Þat þer fore scholde be holde in pris, But he in dede were proued þrys. 1350–1400 Sir Beues (MS. E.) 4313 + 208 Þryys sche ffyl doun to þe grounde. c1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 308 At þo ende [he] sayes sanctus thryese. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 20973 Scipbreging he [sc. Paul] suffurd thrise [Fairf. þries, Gött. thrijs]. a1400–50 Alexander 2279 Þus fall þou thrisse. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xi. 45 Þare denyed Petre oure Lord thryess. c1400 Brut cxciv. 214 [He] felle adoun..and þries [1480 Caxton thryes] cussede þe grounde. 1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 Threies seaven Ave Marias, with xv Pater Nosters and thre credes. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 85 The king sent vnto her onis, tuyes, thries, and she denied not to come. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 159 Jsrael was discomfyte twys or thris. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Publyke Baptisme f. iiii^v Naming the childe, [he] shall dyppe it in the water thryse. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros* in Vernacular Writings (1892) 16 Twyss or thryis in the ȝeir. 1568 (a1500) Freiris Berwik 335 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 271 He turnit him abowt Weill thryiss. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xiv. 30 Before the cocke crowe twise, thou shalt deny me thrise [ Tind. thryse]. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iv. 418 A Spoonful or two of Canary Wine, twice or thrice a Day. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. xvi. 345 Though I left it thrice, it was of my own free will. 2. a. Three times as much as (in number, amount, or value). Often vaguely or hyperbolically: Many times (as much).Usually preceding a numeral, or const. with as, or with comparative (now rare or obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > multiplication by three > [adverb] treble13.. thricea1400 threefoldc1400 treblefold1532 triplefold1570 triplewise1594 triple1606 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 430 Angels..þat suld of ordres haf thris thre. 1427–8 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 10th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Marquis of Ormonde &c. (1885) 295 in Parl. Papers (C. 4576-I) XLII. 1 Threes as much as he..shall losse. c1460 Wisdom 649 in Macro Plays 56 More þan I take, spende I threys iij. 1528 in Exch. Rolls Scotl. XV. 666 Bot giff the personis..be vailȝeand in gudis wortht thryss the gudis at ar pundit. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thrise as muche, triplaris, e. 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. Aii I haue a hart thrice stronger then my years. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets lvi. sig. D4^v Which..Makes Somers welcome, thrice more wish'd, more rare. View more context for this quotation a1771 T. Gray Death of Hoel in Poems (1775) 59 Thrice two hundred warriors. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 344 A sum more than thrice as great as the whole income of the English crown in 1685. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 30 With some surprise and thrice as much disdain. †b. In three manners or respects. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > condition of being threefold > [adverb] > in three ways thrice1612 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 37 Men in great place, are thrice seruaunts: servaunts of the Sovereigne, or state, servaunts of fame, and seruaunts of businesse. 3. a. Combined with a past participle, forming an attributive phrase or compound adjective (in senses 1, 2). ΚΠ 1568 (a1508) W. Kennedy Flyting (Bannatyne) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 201 Thrys scheild trumpir. a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. ii. 2 Thou thrice crowned Queene of night. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 282 A Dish Of thrice-boil'd Beans. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 5 Like a thrice-told Tale. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel v. 283 A hundred millions thrice-told. b. Similarly with any adjective, used vaguely or hyperbolically (as in 2): Very, highly, greatly, extremely (cf. Latin ter). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 60 Howe will my right worshipfull and thrisevenerable masters of Cambridge scorne at the matter? 1579 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 61 Thrishonorable. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 157 This thrise famous [1623 thrice-famed] Duke. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 536 This thrice-noble family of the Percies. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 570 Thrice happy Iles. View more context for this quotation 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxxii. 51 Thrice blest whose lives are faithful prayers. View more context for this quotation 4. As quasi-adj. Thrice performed; threefold, triple (rare); in first quot. vaguely: Very great. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge un-i-fohOE ormeteOE hugea1275 un-i-feiec1275 infinitec1385 ponderousa1400 hugeful1413 hugyc1420 thrice1470 felon?a1500 hugeousa1529 enormous1544 enormc1560 fell1586 prodigious1601 immensive1604 colossic1607 monumental1632 vast1637 unfathomed1659 colossal1664 ponderose1680 heroic1785 colossian1794 pyramidal1849 astronomical1871 astronomic1923 stratospheric1932 cosmic1935 ginormous1942 galactic1960 mega1968 humongous1970 the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > three > multiplication by three > [adjective] thrina1012 threefoldc1175 trebled?c1400 triplatec1430 triplicate?a1475 triplated1486 triple1549 tripled1583 thrice1602 triplicated1635 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xix. 143 Ther were many knyghtes that ouermatched syr gawayne for alle the thryes myghte that he had. 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 44 S. Peter..after his relapse with thrise denial and forswearing of him. 1619 M. Drayton Poems (new ed.) 173 For which, she her thrice-Penance was assign'd. 1866 J. M. Neale Sequences & Hymns 21 Till the thrice Confession Blot the thrice Denial out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1175
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