A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.
"The old ledger showed that his uncle had left him five hundred thou in gold coins."
A thousand, especially a thousand of some currency (dollars, pounds sterling, etc.).
In plain English: Thou is an old-fashioned way of saying you when talking to someone you are close to.
"The old poem mentions thou to address someone directly in an archaic way."
To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of contempt or familiarity.
"The bully addressed his younger brother as 'thou' to mock him in front of their friends."
In plain English: To use as an archaic second-person singular verb form that is rarely used today.
"The old engine will not start unless you give it a gentle push with your foot."
Usage: Use this verb to describe addressing someone with the archaic singular pronoun thou, typically in contexts involving intimacy, mockery, or historical fiction rather than modern polite conversation. It is almost exclusively found when quoting older literature or role-playing characters who deliberately adopt an informal or disrespectful tone toward another person.
Misspelling of though.
"Don't worry, I didn't mean to say thou could have fixed it quickly; it was just a typo for though."
In plain English: Thou is an old-fashioned word used to mean "therefore" or "consequently."
"Thou art not the only one who felt this way."
Nominative singular of ye (“you”).
"In the archaic poem, the speaker addresses Thou as if He were a divine presence watching over the weary traveler."
Honorific alternative letter-case form of thou, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
Misspelling of though.
"My friend kept misspelling "though" as thou in his emails, which made me question if he actually understood the difference between archaic pronouns and conjunctions."
Thou comes from the Old English word þū and originally meant "you" when addressing one person. The form traveled into Middle English with various spellings before becoming the singular pronoun used in Early Modern English.