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thou
thou 1 T0180700 (thou)pron. Used to indicate the one being addressed, especially in a literary, liturgical, or devotional context.
[Middle English, from Old English thū, second person nominative sing. personal pron.; see tu- in Indo-European roots.]
thou 2 T0180800 (thou)n. Slang A thousand, especially of dollars.thou (ðaʊ) pron (subjective) 1. archaic dialect refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior2. (usually capital) refers to God when addressed in prayer, etc[Old English thū; related to Old Saxon thū, Old High German du, Old Norse thū, Latin tū, Doric Greek tu]
thou (θaʊ) n, pl thous or thou1. (Units) one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre2. (Mathematics) informal short for thousandthou1 (ðaʊ)
pron., sing. nom. thou; poss. thy thine; obj. thee; pron. 1. Archaic (except in some elevated or ecclesiastical prose or as used by the Friends). the second person singular personal pronoun in the nominative case (used to denote the person or thing addressed): Thou shalt not kill. v.t. 2. to address as thou. v.i. 3. to use thou in discourse. [before 900; Middle English; Old English thū, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old Norse thū, Old High German t(h)u, Gothic thu, Old Irish tú, Latin tū, Doric Greek tý] thou2 (θaʊ)
n., pl. thous, (as after a numeral) thou. Slang. one thousand dollars, pounds, etc. [1865–70; by shortening] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | thou - the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 1001000, chiliad, grand, one thousand, thousand, K, M, G, yardlarge integer - an integer equal to or greater than tenmillenary - a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand years) |
Translationsthou (ðau) pronoun an old word for `you' used only when addressing one person, especially God (usually Thou), as the subject of a verb. Thou, O God .; Thou shalt not kill! (古)汝，爾 （古）汝，尔 thou
holier-than-thouSanctimonious; maintaining an obnoxious air of moral superiority or condescension. (Usually used before a noun, especially "attitude.") While he makes good points, his holier-than-thou attitude is not likely to win him many allies.a thouA slang term for one thousand. It is pronounced like the beginning of the word "thousand," not like the archaic pronoun "thou." I could make a thou on that job easily, and then we wouldn't have to worry about money for awhile.See also: thoutake (something) down a thousandTo be less intense, serious, or extreme, as in some emotion, behavior, or action. Usually said as an imperative. I know my perfectionism can be a real problem sometimes, so I've been trying to take it down a thousand recently. I know everyone is excited to see what the machine is capable of, but we all need to take it down a thousand before someone get hurt. Take it down a thousand, Bob—there's really no need to get so upset about this.See also: down, take, thousandholier-than-thou If you describe someone as holier-than-thou, you mean that they seem to believe that they have better moral qualities than anyone else. He has always sounded holier-than-thou. I'm not going to be all holier-than-thou about this.holier than thou characterized by an attitude of self-conscious virtue and piety. This phrase comes from Isaiah 65:5: ‘Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou’.See also: holy, thouholier-than-thou mod. superior in piety; condescending. She has such a holier-than-thou attitude. Take it down a thou(sand)! in. Cool down!; Calm down!; Quiet down! You are wild! Take it down a thou and let’s try again to talk this out. See also: down, takeTake it down a thou! verbSee Take it down a thousand!See also: down, takethou (θɑʊ) n. one thousand. I managed to get a couple of thou from the bank, but I need a little more than that. holier than thouSanctimonious, pretending moral superiority. This term comes from the Bible (Isaiah 65:5), where the prophet, speaking of sinners, holds that they say “Come not near me, for I am holier than thou.” The term is often used as an adjective (and hyphenated: holier-than-thou) as in Sinclair Lewis’s novel Babbitt (1922), “But I don’t want you to think you can get away with any of that holier-than-thou stuff.”See also: holy, thouthou
thou1. one thousandth of an inch. 1 thou is equal to 0.0254 millimetre 2. Informal short for thousandthou[thau̇] (mathematics) mil THOU
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thou
Synonyms for thounoun the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100Synonyms- 1000
- chiliad
- grand
- one thousand
- thousand
- K
- M
- G
- yard
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