thigh

[thahy]

noun

the part of the lower limb in humans between the hip and the knee.

the corresponding part of the hind limb of other animals; the femoral region.

(in birds)

the true femoral region that is hidden by the skin or feathers of the body.
the segment below, containing the fibula and tibia.

Entomology. the femur.

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Origin of thigh

before 900; Middle English thi, thigh(e), the(h), Old English thīoh, thēoh; cognate with Dutch dij, Old High German dioh, Old Norse thjō

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British Dictionary definitions for thighs

thigh

noun

the part of the leg between the hip and the knee in man

the corresponding part in other vertebrates and insects

Related formsRelated adjectives: crural, femoral

Word Origin for thigh

Old English thēh; related to Old Frisian thiāch, Old High German dioh thigh, Old Norse thjō buttock, Old Slavonic tyku fat

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Word Origin and History for thighs

thigh

Old English þeoh, þeh, from Proto-Germanic *theukhom (cf. Old Frisian thiach, Old Dutch thio, Dutch dij, Old Norse þjo, Old High German dioh), from PIE *teuk- from root *teu- "to swell" (cf. Lithuanian taukas, Old Church Slavonic tuku, Russian tuku "fat of animals;" Lithuanian tukti "to become fat;" Greek tylos "callus, lump," tymbos "burial mound, grave, tomb;" Old Irish ton "rump;" Latin tumere "to swell," tumulus "raised heap of earth," tumor "a swelling;" Middle Irish tomm "a small hill," Welsh tom "mound"). Thus thigh is literally "the thick or fat part of the leg."

Medicine definitions for thighs

thigh

[thī]

n.

The part of the leg between the hip and the knee.femur

thigh

noun

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