thouing
- 1Present participle and gerund of thou.
The innkeeper bristled when the stranger started thouing him like a stable boy.
She grew up in a farming village where older people were still thouing in everyday speech.
Note
The verb is made straight from the pronoun, so the spelling just adds -ing to thou, with nothing doubled or dropped. With a person as object it means addressing someone as thou, and the choice carried weight: thouing a stranger could signal contempt or close familiarity. Without an object it names the habit itself, as in a village where older people were still thouing.
thouing is a form of thou
thou, verb: To speak to someone using thou instead of you, especially to show contempt or familiarity; also, simply to use the word thou. Full entry
- Spelling
- thou → thouing: add -ing
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