WordofTheDay.US

Added 10 October 2026

thoroughbred

adjective

Categories: Describing WordsRare Words

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about thoroughbred at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Bred from pure stock.
  2. Well-bred and properly educated.

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Thoroughbred (“horse bred for racing”).
  2. Any purebred horse.
  3. A person of uncommon strength or endurance (like that of a thoroughbred horse).
    That athlete is a real thoroughbred.

Origin

From thorough + bred.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

Related Words: purebredpedigreedpurebloodpurebloodedpedigreeracehorsehotnessracehorsesthoroughbreedanglo-arabianbloodstock

Back to today's word