THIGH

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thēoh; akin to Old High German dioh ~, Lithuanian taukai, plural, fat Date: before 12th century 1. the proximal segment of the vertebrate hind or lower limb extending from the hip to the knee, the segment of the leg immediately distal to the ~ in a bird or in a quadruped in which the true ~ is obscured, the femur of an insect, something resembling or covering a ~, ~ed adjective