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thig

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
thig
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.

Transitive verb

verb

To beg, borrow; cadge.

verb

To profit by or live on the gifts of others.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To take alms.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To beseech; supplicate; implore.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

verb

To crave; seek (a favour).

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *tek-, thiggen, þiċġan, *þiggjan, *þigjaną

Usage

Inflected Forms

thigs (present, singular) thigging (participle, present) thigged (participle, past) thigged (past) theg (alternative, Scotland)

Derived Forms

thigger thigging thigster

Rhymes With

big dig pig fig gig rig wig brig sig jig zig twig

Questions

What does thig mean?
To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms.
Where does thig come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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