adv
thrice
thah-ihs
adv
1
Three times.
"He knocked thrice before giving up and leaving."
"She was thrice married and thrice divorced."
How to Use Thrice
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned way of saying "three times."
When to use it
Sounds formal or poetic today; in everyday speech people just say "three times."
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Etymology
From Old English þriwa ("three times") plus an old adverb-forming ending — the same pattern that gave us "once" and "twice."