thone
English
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Etymology
From Middle English *thon, from Old English þān (“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”). Cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”). Related to thaw.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊn
Adjective
thone (comparative thoner or more thone, superlative thonest or most thone)
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