Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Used as a modifier before a noun.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to thee: possessive of the pronoun thou, second person singular. It is used in solemn and grave style. See thine.
Wiktionary
- pro. archaic That belongs to thee; the possessive form of thou.
- pro. archaic or literary your (informal); that belongs to you (singular).
- conj. obsolete because.
GNU Webster's 1913
- pro. Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of
thine , possessive case ofthou ; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry.Thine is used in the predicate. See thine.
Etymologies
- Middle English thy "because, forwhy", shortened form of for-thy, forthy ("for that"), from Old English for þȳ [þe] ("because [that]") from for (instrumental preposition) + þȳ ("by that"), instrumental case of þæt. More at the, that. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, variant of thin, thine, from Old English thīn. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“I shall probably never see thee more; but in quitting thy white-cliffed shores, I quit not my ardent attachment and veneration for thee; -- and now for _thy_ eldest daughter beyond the ocean!”
Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. (of 2)
“Well, then, let thy son marry _thy_ daughter, and bestow the treasure on the young couple for a marriage portion.”
Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes
“Bid not thy guard to shoot again, Meriamun, lest the arrow find _thy_ heart, for, know this, no man may harm me;" and once more she lifted her veil, and speaking to those at the gates said: "Open, I beseech you, and let the Hathor pass.”
“This shall be thy pilgrim brightness, this _thy blessed portion now_.”
Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy
“_Then_, surely, thee would forgive; thy heart is not so hard as thee would have me believe; thee wishes me happiness, I cannot doubt, but thinks it will come in _thy_ way, not in mine.”
“_ -- Oh that this day's labor may be blessed! and not mine alone, but all thy faithful servants all over the world, till _thy”
“God told David, by the mouth of Nathan, when he upbraided him with his ingratitude for the blessings he had given him, and said, "And I gave thee thy master's house, and _thy master's wives_ into thy bosom.”
“Lucille, thy prayer be granted, if he recover his sight, _thy_ charm is gone, he will love thee no longer.”
“Our Father which art (God) in Heaven, '_hallowed be thy name, thy_”
“So true is it, that "thy people shall be _willing_ in the day of _thy power_!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thy’.
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3-Letter Scrabble Words Which Do Not ...
A list of 3-letter words which cannot be formed by adding a letter to a 2-letter word (see Ken Clark's word lists found at http://www.seattlescrab...
fiz, fix, fir, fig, fie, fib, eve, eke, egg, eek, ecu, ebb and 225 more...
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henryar's list
marmoleum, menagerie, cyan, ochre, pilfer, discombobulate, loquacious, iridescent, amethyst, derelict, botulism, equilibrium and 240 more...
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RELI - words with Biblical connotations
Words in the Bible evoking biblical stories or with special spiritual meaning. Proper names have been reduced to the minimum.
ark, judgement, holy, saint, baptism, spirit, love, eternal, altar, balsam, covenant, flood and 1115 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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Poetrie: "For I Will Consider My Cat ...
An excerpt from Jubilate Agno, written by Christopher Smart between 1759 and 1763 during his confinement for "lunacy" at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethnal Green, London.
For I will...consider, cat, jeoffry, servant, living god, duly, worship, wreathing, elegant quickness, leaps up, musk, blessing and 145 more...
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unpack your adjectives
and adverbs
walrusine, slipshod, bemused, inscrutable, bombastic, cattywampus, copacetic, famished, crackpot, flailsome, lugubrious, scalesome and 102 more...
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Wurzelspeak
Cribbed from Wurzelmania: 'This page contains a dictionary of West Country words and phrases used by Adge Cutler and The Wurzels in their songs, patter, etc., translated into (more or less) English...
bissn't, bist, cassn't, couss, coussn't, dollop, 'ee, 'em, girt, hassn't, i, jollop and 22 more...
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Wtht Vwls.
nth, psst, shh, brr, hmm, umm, cwm, crwth, crypt, gypsy, hymn, lynx and 26 more...
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Monosyllabic adjectives ending in 'y'
Inspired by cheimi10's list Adjectives with 2 syllables that end in y
coy, clay, gay, my, thy, gray, grey, stray, dry, bay, fly, sly and 4 more...
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My Most Favorite-est Words
repertoire, definitely, amazing, twas, tis, arse, cyan, scrumptious, beguiling, lithe, surmise, placate and 46 more...
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luddite
simplicity, eschew, thee, thy, thine, thou, wagon, beards, bonnets, quaker, mennonite, amish and 10 more...
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thou shalt speak English
thee, thy, thou, thine, thyself, art, hast, mayhaps, good gog, shalt, ye, nay and 6 more...
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