English Explanatory Dictionary

thone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.
contraction
  1. Contraction of the one.

Pronunciation

/θəʊn/

Word forms

thone thoner more thone thonest most thone thoan thooan thwooan th'one

Etymology

From Middle English *thon, from Old English þān (“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”), from Proto-West Germanic *þain, from Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”). Cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”). Related to thaw.

Synonyms

drenched saturated sodden bewatered damp dripping drunk humid irriguous madid moist moisty overwatered plashy soaked soggy soppy spewy spongy squidgy thoan thone undried watered waterlogged watery wet wetter than an otter's pocket wiery

Related words

thother

Derived words

thone-corn thone-wheat thoney thony thonish
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