thig

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verb

To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.

OriginMiddle English thiggen ← Old English þiċġan ← Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan →
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Meanings

verbthig (third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

present singular third person thigs · participle present thigging · participle past thigged · past thigged · alternative Scotland theg

  1. ScotlandtransitiveTo solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.

    This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged.

    1800, Alexander Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica
  2. ScotlandambitransitiveTo beg, borrow; cadge.
  3. ScotlandintransitiveobsoleteTo profit by or live on the gifts of others.
  4. ScotlandintransitiveobsoleteTo take alms.
  5. ScotlandobsoletetransitiveTo beseech; supplicate; implore.
  6. ScotlandambitransitiveTo crave; seek (a favour).

    "I'll go and the thigged wool demand From the good ladies of the land. […]"

    1912, Duncan Macintyre, George Calder, Gaelic songs of Duncan MacIntyre, page 227

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
solicitsupplicate

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tek-“to receive”
  2. Proto-Germanic*þigjaną“to accept, receive, beg”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*þiggjan
  4. Old Englishþiċġan“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”
  5. Middle Englishthiggen
  6. Englishthig

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thig

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Anagrams

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Chicago

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