Meanings
thone1
comparative thoner · comparative more thone · superlative thonest · superlative most thone · alternative thoan · alternative thooan · alternative thwooan
thone2
alternative th'one
- 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
adjectivedamp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*teh₂-“to melt, flow”
- Proto-Germanic*þainaz“moist”
- Proto-West Germanic*þain
- Old Englishþān“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”
- Middle English*thon
- 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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thone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thone
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