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then-

then- prefix: the palm of the hand or sole of the foot.

Prefix

then-

  1. (archaic) The palm of the hand or sole of the foot.
  2. The ball of the thumb, or the muscle controlling it.

Origin of then-

From Ancient Greek θέναρ (thénar).

Questions about then-

What does then- mean?
Then- means the palm of the hand or sole of the foot.
What part of speech is then-?
Then- is a prefix.

Words near then- in the dictionary

  1. then
  2. then again
  3. then and in that event
  4. then and now
  5. then and there
  6. then-
  7. then-and-now
  8. thenable
  9. thenables
  10. thenabout
  11. thenabouts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: then- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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