English Explanatory Dictionary

thig

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
  2. To beg, borrow; cadge.
  3. To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
  4. To take alms.
  5. To beseech; supplicate; implore.
  6. To crave; seek (a favour).

Word forms

thig thigs thigging thigged theg

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”).

Derived words

thigger thigging thigster
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