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thig

Verb

(third-person singular simple present thigs, present participle thigging, simple past and past participle thigged)

  1. To beseech; supplicate; implore.
  2. To solicit, usually by begging; ask as alms; beg.
  3. (intransitive) To make supplication.
  4. (intransitive) To profit by or live on the gifts of others.
  5. (intransitive) To take alms.
  6. (intransitive, Scotland) To crave; seek (a favour).
Origin

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


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Words near thig in the dictionary


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