Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adverb
- to or toward this place: to come hither.
adjective
- being on this or the closer side; nearer: the hither side of the meadow.
- hither and thither, in various quarters; here and there: They scurried hither and thither to escape the rain.
- hither and yon, from here to over there, especially to a farther place; in or to a great many places: He looked hither and yon for the coin. She went hither and yon in search of an answer.
adverb
- to or towards this place (esp in the phrase come hither)Also (archaic): hitherward, hitherwards
- hither and thither this way and that, as in a state of confusion
adjective
- archaic, or dialect (of a side or part, esp of a hill or valley) nearer; closer
Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hideran (cf. Old Norse heðra “here,” Gothic hidre “hither”), from Germanic demonstrative base *hi- (cf. he, here). Spelling change from -d- to -th- is the same evolution seen in father. Relation to here is the same as that of thither to there.