adjective · rare

thither

thi·ther

thither · thithermost

The farther, the other and more distantThe farther, the other and more distant.

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UK/ˈðɪðə/US/ˈðɪðɚ/

» Brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.

Leuchtende Schmetterlinge flogen überall umher.

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic, no comparative)The farther, the other and more distant.
the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife

Examples

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Brilliant butterflies flew hither and thither.
deLeuchtende Schmetterlinge flogen überall umher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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He rambled hither and thither.
ruОн бродил туда и сюда. — shanghainese
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Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
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The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went.
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And Abraham said: Beware thou never bring my son back again thither.
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Origin

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy wit

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.

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