Thursday

[ thurz-dey, -dee ]

noun

1. the fifth day of the week, following Wednesday. : Th., Thur., Thurs.

Thursday

/ ˈθɜːzdɪ; -deɪ /

noun

1. the fifth day of the week; fourth day of the working week

Word History and Origins

Origin of Thursday¹

First recorded before 950; Middle English; Old English Thursdæg, from Old Danish Thūrsdagr, literally, “Thor's day”; replacing Old English Thunres dæg; cognate with Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag (all representing Germanic translation of Late Latin diēs Jovis ). See Thor, thunder, day

Word History and Origins

Origin of Thursday¹

Old English Thursdæg, literally: Thor's day; related to Old High German Donares tag; see Thor , thunder , day

Example Sentences

On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.

From The Daily Beast

“Barbarism,” said retired NYPD Officer Jim Smith on Thursday.

From The Daily Beast

But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.

From The Daily Beast

Houellebecq on Thursday announced that he is suspending promotion of the novel.

From The Daily Beast

Angelina Jolie was able to seemingly glide into the Vatican on Thursday to present her new film ‘Unbroken.’

From The Daily Beast

A little boy aged two years and four months was deprived of a pencil from Thursday to Sunday for scribbling on the wall-paper.

From Project Gutenberg

Their sin began on Holy Thursday, with so little secrecy and so bad an example, that the affair was beginning to leak out.

From Project Gutenberg

Although it was the second Thursday in the month she turned to the portion appointed for the first Wednesday.

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A still more signal triumph to American ingenuity was accorded on Thursday.

From Project Gutenberg

But on the last Thursday of each month he was quite another man.

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