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prithee
[ prith-ee ]
interjection
, Archaic.
- please: used to politely introduce a request or command:
Prithee, let us come inside.
prithee
/ ˈprɪðɪ /
interjection
- archaic.pray thee; please
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prithee1
First recorded in 1570–80; by shortening and alteration of (I) pray thee
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prithee1
C16: shortened from I pray thee
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Example Sentences
Prithee, now, how many such butterflies as you suck here together on the thistle-head of royalty?
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Well go in the coach, said my father—Prithee, have the arms been altered, Obadiah?
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Prithee tell me what sort of man this Arnold really is, for I do not depend on the partial representations I have had of him.
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You went into the country to recover your health, I thought; prithee, how comes this new husband into your way?
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Then, after a little while, he said: "I prithee tell me, didst thou see a knight pass this way to-day or yesterday?"
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