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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English þynne.
Akin to Middle High German dünne, Middle Low German dünne, Middle Dutch dunne, and Old Danish thun.
Pronunciation
Adjective
thinne
- thin, narrow, skinny, slender
- (physically) weak
- sparse, barren, devoid of features
- scarce, rare, uncommon
- liquid, flowing
- light, airy
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Noun
thinne (uncountable)
- thinness, narrowness, skinniness, slenderness
- worn clothing
- liquid, fluid
- lightness, airiness
- A light object
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Adverb
thinne
- In a thin covering; in a smattering
- thinly or lightly clothed
- sparsely, lightly
- weakly
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