thone

See also: Thone, thǫ́ne, and þone

English

Alternative forms

• thoan
• thooan, thwooan (South Lancashire)

Etymology

From Middle English *thon, from Old English þān (“moist, damp, wet; having water, watered, irrigated”), from Proto-Germanic *þainaz (“moist”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt, flow”). Cognate with Scots thane, thain (“moist, damp”). Related to thaw.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

thone (comparative thoner or more thone, superlative thonest or most thone)

1. (dialectal) damp; moist; wet; soft from dampness.

Synonyms

• drenched, saturated, sodden; see also Thesaurus:wet

Derived terms

• thone-corn
• thone-wheat
• thoney/thony
• thonish

Anagrams

• ethno-, hoten, on the, oneth