"thro" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more thro [comparative], most thro [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English thro, thra, from Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), from Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thro}} Middle English thro, {{m|enm|thra}} thra, {{der|en|non|þrár||stubborn, obstinate, persevering}} Old Norse þrár (“stubborn, obstinate, persevering”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*þrawaz||obstinate}} Proto-Germanic *þrawaz (“obstinate”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*ter-||to grind, drill, turn}} Proto-Indo-European *ter- (“to grind, drill, turn”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} thro (comparative more thro, superlative most thro)
  1. (obsolete) Eager; earnest; vehement. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-thro-en-adj-6jw48Fi7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 16 1
  2. (obsolete) Bold. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-thro-en-adj-seE8v1yl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: throe
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

Etymology: * Abbreviation of through. Etymology templates: {{no deprecated lang param usage|Abbreviation of <span class='form-of-definition-link'><i class="Latn mention" lang="en">through</i></span>.|lang=}} Abbreviation of through., {{abbreviation of|en|through}} Abbreviation of through. Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} thro, {{en-prep}} thro
  1. (archaic) through Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-thro-en-prep-nGcl3Caa Categories (other): English prepositions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for thro meaning in English (3.0kB)

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