prithee

Meanings

1. 1
   intj

   archaic: please; used to introduce or strengthen a request or question

   Prithee, tell me what news has arrived from the capital.

A contraction of the phrase I pray thee, in which pray meant "ask earnestly" and thee was the singular object pronoun. It was common in Early Modern English and now chiefly signals an archaic or theatrical style.

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