thither
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thither
- /ˈðɪðə/ UK
- /ˈθɪðə/ UK
- /ˈðɪðɚ/ US
- /ˈθɪðɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪðə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
adverb
- To that place. Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […]
- To that point, end, or result. The argument tended thither.
Similar: there, over there, away there, yonder
adjective thithermost
- The farther, the other and more distant. the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife
