thous

Verb

thou (third-person singular simple present thous, present participle thouing, simple past and past participle thoued)

1. (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
   • Don’t thou them as thous thee! – a Yorkshire English admonition to overly familiar children

   Synonyms:

   thee

   Antonyms:

   you

2. (intransitive) To use the word thou.
   • The hardcore role-players will wake up one day feeling, like a dead weight on their chest, the strain of endless texting in Renaissance Faire English—yet dutifully go on theeing and thouing all the same.2006, Julian Dibbell, chapter 5, in Play Money: Or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot, New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   thee

   Antonyms:

   you

See all 4 meanings of thou