adverb
1.
near in space, time, or relation: The time draws nigh.
2.
nearly; almost; (often followed by on or onto ): nigh onto twenty years.
adjective
3.
near; approaching: Evening is nigh.
4.
short or direct: to take the nighest route.
5.
(of an animal or vehicle) being on the left side: to be astride the nigh horse.
6.
Archaic. parsimonious; stingy.
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preposition
7.
near.
verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
8.
Archaic. to approach.
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| —adj, —adv, —prep | |
| an archaic, poetic, or dialect word for near | |
| [Old English nēah, nēh; related to German nah, Old Frisian nei. Compare | |
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Word Origin & History
nigh
"near," O.E. neah (W.Saxon), neh (Anglian), common Gmc. (cf. O.Fris. nei, M.Du. na, O.H.G. nah, Ger. nah, Goth. nehwa), with no cognates outside Gmc. The O.E. progression was neah - near - niehsta, for "nigh - near - next." But the comp. near and the superl. nehst gradually evolved into separate words
not felt as related to nigh. New comp. and superl. forms, nigher, nighest, developed 1300s as phonetic changes obscured the original relationships.
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Example sentences
Use enough, and you can build something nigh indestructible.
Understanding what is happening-at the level of detail that determines the actual outcome-is nigh impossible.
Worse, companies found it nigh impossible to acquire exclusive rights to a government-owned patent.
For every nigh perfect set, there are dozens of blah boxes.
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