prithee
/ˈpɹɪði/
prithee interjection: please; used to make a question or request more polite or more forceful.
Interjection
- please; used to make a question or request more polite or more forceful.
- What tidings send our scouts? I prithee, speak.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- But tell me, stranger,
I prithee say, does my old master's heir
Still breathe this vital air?1781, Horace Walpole, The Mysterious Mother, Act 1 Scene 2
prithee meaning in Tamil
prithee in Tamil
- அருள் கூர்ந்து
Forms of prithee
| alternative form | prythee |
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Origin of prithee
Contraction of I + pray + thee.
Words that rhyme with prithee
Questions about prithee
- What does prithee mean?
- Prithee means please; used to make a question or request more polite or more forceful.
- What is prithee in Tamil?
- Prithee in Tamil is அருள் கூர்ந்து. See Prithee meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is prithee?
- Prithee is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce prithee?
- Prithee is pronounced /ˈpɹɪði/.
Words near prithee in the dictionary
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