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thone^¹

/θəʊn/

Rhymes with -əʊn

Where it comes from

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.

adjective thoner · more thone · thonest · most thone · thoan · thooan

dialectal damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.
Similar: drenched, saturated, sodden, bewatered, damp, dripping, drunk, humid, irriguous, madid, moist, moisty

thone^²

contraction th'one

abbreviation, contraction, obsolete Contraction of the one This Indenture made ⁊c. Betweene ſir E. A. and dame M. his wife on thone party, and J. N. of ⁊c. and W. his wife on thother partie, Witneſſeth, that where the ſaid Sir E. A. ⁊ M. ſtand ſeiſed of, and in the manoꝛ of M. and of one capitall meſuage called E. and the sſite of demeane of the late diſſol

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@misc{thone_2026,
  title = {thone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}