thone

T1H4O1N1E1
/θəʊn/

adjective

damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

thone1

adjectivethone (comparative thoner or more thone, superlative thonest or most thone)

comparative thoner · comparative more thone · superlative thonest · superlative most thone · alternative thoan · alternative thooan · alternative thwooan

thone2

contraction

alternative th'one

  1. abbreviationcontractionobsoleteContraction of the one.
    1 more example

    This Indenture made ⁊c. Betweene ſir E. A. and dame M. his wife on thone party, and J. N. of ⁊c. and W. his wife on thother partie, Witneſſeth, that where the ſaid Sir E. A. ⁊ M. ſtand ſeiſed of, and in the manoꝛ of M. and of one capitall meſuage called E. and the sſite of demeane of the late diſſolued Monaſtery of E. in the county of W. and of diuers maſuages, lands, temenents, and hereditaments in E. S. A. and B. in the ſaid county of W.

    1615, William West, The First Part of Simboleography. […], London: […] Companie of Stationers, unnumbered page

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teh₂-“to melt, flow”
  2. Proto-Germanic*þainaz“moist”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*þain
  4. Old Englishþān“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”
  5. Middle English*thon
  6. Englishthone

From Middle English *thon, from Old English þān (“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”), from Proto-West Germanic *þain, from Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”). Cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”). Related to thaw.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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