Definitions
Upper part of the leg between hip and knee.
Word origin
From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).
Used in a sentence
“About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh.”
“‘Why not pay up now, kiddo?’ he suggested magnanimously, patting me on the thigh.”
“The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh.”
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