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hither

adv
/ˈhɪðə/UK/ˈhɪðɚ/US

Etymology

From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.

  1. derived from *hidrê✻
  2. derived from hider

Definitions

  1. To this place, to here.

    • He went hither and thither.
    • SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.
    • Unto her handmaid she cried, "Go fetch my gold harp hither to me, Sir Thynnè, I'll draw to my side."

  2. over here

  3. On this side

    On this side; the nearer.

    • The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. only used in the phrase hither and thither

The neighborhood

Derived

behither, come-hither, come hither, hither and thither, hither and yon, hither and yonder, hithermost, hitherside, hitherto, hithertofore, hitherunto, hitherward, hitherwards

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA