hither

[ hith-er ]
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adverb
  1. to or toward this place: to come hither.

adjective
  1. being on this or the closer side; nearer: the hither side of the meadow.

Idioms about hither

  1. hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there: They scurried hither and thither to escape the rain.

  2. hither and yon, from here to over there, especially to a farther place; in or to a great many places: He looked hither and yon for the coin. She went hither and yon in search of an answer.

Origin of hither

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English hider; cognate with Old Norse hethra, Latin citer “on this side”

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British Dictionary definitions for hither

hither

/ (ˈhɪðə) /


adverb
  1. to or towards this place (esp in the phrase come hither): Also (archaic): hitherward, hitherwards

  2. hither and thither this way and that, as in a state of confusion

adjective
  1. archaic, or dialect (of a side or part, esp of a hill or valley) nearer; closer

Origin of hither

1
Old English hider; related to Old Norse hethra here, Gothic hidrē, Latin citrā on this side, citrō

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