prithee
English
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editEtymology
editContraction of I pray thee.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈpɹɪði/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪði
Interjection
editprithee
- (archaic) Synonym of please.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
- What tidings send our scouts? I prithee, speak.
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edit(archaic) please
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