English Explanatory Dictionary

thigh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
  2. That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect.

Pronunciation

/θaɪ/ en-us-thigh.ogg

Word forms

thigh thighs

Etymology

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).

Derived words

my thigh smite hip and thigh thighbone thigh boot thigh crush thigh crushing thighdeology thigh gap thigh-high thighing thigh master thigh pad thigh-shower thigh-slapper thigh slapper thigh-slapping thunder-thighed thunder thighs underthigh
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