Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thoil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thoil
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be able to justify the expense of.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Aw lov'd them red shoon but Aw coun't thoil em in addition to t'new dress Aw'd bowt."
"But yon poor widder-woman, strugglin' along on a bit of a pension, 'ad nowt left but two coppers - but sh' thoiled it, an' put it in, all t' same!"

Etymology

Variant of thole, from Middle English tholen, tholien, from Old English þolian (“to bear; endure”). Cognate with Scots thoil. More at thole.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tholen, þolian

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

thoils (present, singular) thoiling (participle, present) thoiled (participle, past) thoiled (past)

Rhymes With

oil soil boil spoil foil coil boyle recoil toil flemish coil hoyle foyle

Questions

What does thoil mean?: To be able to justify the expense of.
Where does thoil come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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