thone
11 synonyms for thone, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — (dialect) Wet or damp, and soft because of it.
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Etymology
Came from Middle English *thon, which developed 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”). It is cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”), and related to tha...
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