hithermost

American  

[hith-er-mohst, -muhst] / ˈhɪð ərˌmoʊst, -məst /

adjective

1. nearest in this direction.

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hithermost British  

/ ˈhɪðəˌməʊst /

adjective

1. rare nearest to this place or in this direction

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Etymology

Origin of hithermost

First recorded in 1555–65; hither + -most

Example Sentences

The hithermost part of the island was at different times in their possession, and the remainder, as we have related, was occupied by barbarous Britons.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

On the hithermost part of Orenoque, as at Toparimaca and Winicapora, those are of a nation called Nepoios, and are the followers of Carapana, lord of Emeria.

From The Discovery of Guiana by Raleigh, Walter, Sir

They were to start betimes in the morning, and sleep that night at Brattebö, which is the hithermost spur of the chain.

From Love and Lucy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry

Lightness and grace are the painter's great qualities, marking the hithermost limit of unconscious elegance, after which "style" and science and the wisdom of the serpent set in.

From Italian Hours by James, Henry

Articles set downe by the Committies appointed in the behalfe of the Companie of Moscouian Marchants, to conferre with M. Carlile, vpon his intended discouerie and attempt into the hithermost parts of America.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard