thou'rt
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ðaʊɹt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ðaʊət/, /ðɑːt/
- Rhymes: -aʊɹt, -aʊət, -ɑːt
Contraction
thou’rt
- (archaic) Contraction of thou art.
- 17th century, Abraham Cowley, Against Fruition:
- No; thou’rt a fool, I'll swear, if e’re thou grant;
Much of my veneration thou must want,
When once thy kindness puts my ignorance out;
For a learn’d Age is always least devout.
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