thankee

9.9

A friendly old word people say to show they are grateful

interjection

Archaic

: gracias

The Secret World is fine just the way it is, thankee-sai.

Examples

Thankee.

The Lighthouse (2019)
See, now, we mardled plenty with this 'un when he was a nipper, and we're uncommon proud of him, thankee.

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
No, thankee.

Great Expectations (1946)
Thankee, sai.

The Dark Tower (2017)
No, thankee.
"It took a bit of doing, but I finally got strong enough to do without, thankee," Lewrie informed him, looking about for a seat close to the fire.

Synonyms

thanks

vsthankee

∞ 1.0

Words you say or write to show you are grateful

is an older or regional form, not the brief casual interjection

thank you

vsthankee

∞ 1.0

Words said to show you feel grateful

is older or dialectal in tone rather than standard polite expression

merci

vsthankee

4 8.8

A French word used to say thank you

is an older dialectal English phrase rather than a modern foreign loan

grazie

vsthankee

1 9.5

An Italian word used to say thank you

is older dialectal English, not a foreign-language insertion for thanks

tha

vsthankee

Slang

1 9.9

A short informal form of thank you used in casual speech or messages

is an old dialectal form used historically rather than modern slang

danke

vsthankee

Informal

1 9.9

An informal way to say thank you that comes from German and is used in English conversation

is an old regional English form rather than a foreign borrowing

gramercy

vsthankee

Archaic

9.9

An old-fashioned way to say thank you

is a dialectal old form used in spoken phrases rather than exclamation

How Grateful

thank you

∞ 1.0

thankee

Archaic

9.9

thanks

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

thankee main

Morphology

thankee = thank (transparent) = thank + ee

The interjection is directly formed from 'thank' with an informal '-ee' ending, so its meaning 'thanks/thank you' is recoverable from the base.

Etymology

Thankee is an old-fashioned, friendly form made from thank plus the small ending -ee, which makes the phrase sound softer and more casual, like a country or storybook way of speaking. So thankee simply means 'thank you' and is used in old or dialect speech.