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Hither

//ˈhɪðə// adj, adv, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    On this side; the nearer. archaic, not-comparable

    "The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil."

Adverb
  1. 1
    To this place, to here. archaic, literary, not-comparable

    "He went hither and thither."

  2. 2
    over here not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    to this place (especially toward the speaker) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    only used in the phrase hither and thither

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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

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