thons

English

Etymology

From thon +‎ -s.

Adjective

thons (not comparable)

1. (archaic, nonstandard) Belonging to thon, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her.
   • 1889 November, C. Crozat Converse, “That Desired Impersonal Pronoun”, in The Writer‎^[1], volume 3, number 2, Boston: William H. Hills, page 248:

     Every writer has "thons" verbal likes and dislikes, yet, for the sake of convenience, I trust that even "thon" who dislikes verbal innovations will give my little word a little trial and note for me the result.

   • 1895 July, The Lynchburg Record, quotee, “The New Pronoun”, in The Public-School Journal‎^[2], volume 14, number 11, Bloomington: Public-School Publishing Co., page 613:

     I hope that each student will have learned thons algebra lesson perfectly this morning.

   • 1895, Henry Graham Williams, Outlines of Psychology‎^[3], 3rd edition, Syracuse: C. W. Bardee, page 5:

     Every student should acquaint thonself with some method by which thon can positively correlate the facts of thons knowledge.

Synonyms

• (singular) their
• (neologism) hir

Hyponyms

• his, her

See also

• other attested gender-neutral pronouns

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

thons m

1. plural of thon