prithee
exclamation
old useorhumorousuk/ˈprɪð.i/us/ˈprɪð.i/used toaddemphasiswhen you arepolitelyaskingsomeone for something, oraskingthem to do something:
Prithee,landlord, ajugofyourfinestale!
Prithee,speak.
Synonym
please
- What is theanswer, prithee?
- Prithee, take this spending-money andfetchus something toeat.
- "Prithee,friend,leavemealonewith mypatient," said thedoctor.
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- alas and alackphrase
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- figure
- goodo
- mazel tov
- more
- more power toyourelbow!idiom
- need
- need I say more?idiom
- no siridiom
- period
- small wonderidiom
- sweet
- the rest is historyidiom
- you seeidiom