Thursday, December 2, 2010

thrice |θrīs| adverb

adverb chiefly formal poetic/literary. Three times a dose of 25 mg thrice daily• [as submodifier extremely; very I was thrice blessed. ORIGIN Middle English thries, from earlier thrie (from Old English thrīga, related to three ) + -s (later respelled -ce to denote the unvoiced sound); compare with once .





                  

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