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thither

thit·her

UK/ˈðɪðə/ US/ˈθɪðə/ rare archaic literary

adverb

1.

to or toward that place; away from the speaker

  • “go there around noon!”
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Origin

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

Phrases

  • hither and thither
  • hither, thither and yon

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