thou
pronoun
the second person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to modern you (used to denote the person or thing addressed).
thous
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pluralof thou.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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An unpublished short story by Charlotte Brontë featuring flogging and embezzling, as well as a poem stuffed with thees and thous, have been discovered inside a book owned by the novelist’s mother.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2015
This is precisely the sort of diction that Tagore chose for the English Gitanjali, which, with its thees and thous, has so tried our patience.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 8, 2011
This mostly felicitous British rendition updates the New English Bible of 1970, shedding thees and thous and many male nouns and pronouns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because the translators chose to retain "thee" and "thou" forms in addressing God, many of the Psalms are studded with "thees," "thous," "hasts," and "didsts."
From Time Magazine Archive
I remember you were full of those quaint Quaker 'thees and thous.'
From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas
