thoro

American  

[thur-oh, thuhr-oh] / ˈθɜr oʊ, ˈθʌr oʊ /

adjective

1. an informal, simplified spelling of thorough.

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Example Sentences

All James had got for his activities in bringing his action was a divorce a mensa et thoro, that is, "from bed and board."

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

This "separation" is really the direct descendant of the Canon law divorce a mensa et thoro, and the inability to marry which it involves is merely a survival of the Canon law tradition.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

There are two kinds of divorce, the one total, the other partial; the one a vinculo matrimonii, the other merely a mensa et thoro.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir

I have not time to go into a thoro investigation of the mistakes into which grammarians have fallen in their attempts to explain this "part of speech."

From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by Balch, William Stevens

But Tieck also makes the picture a basis for a long discussion of caricature and of thoro condemnation of Smirke, who is also no favorit of the Anzeigen.

From Tieck's Essay on the Boydell Shakspere Gallery by Danton, George Henry