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thither

[thith-er, thith-]

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adverb

Also, thith·er·ward

[thith-er-werd, thith-] , thith·er·wards. to or toward that place or point; there.

adjective

on the farther or other side or in the direction away from the person speaking; farther; more remote.

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English, variant of Middle English thider, Old English, alteration of thæder (i from hider hither); akin to Old Norse thathra there, Gothic thathro thence, Sanskrit tátra there, thither

Can be confused: hence, hither, thence, thither, whence, whither, yon (see usage note at whence).

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Example Sentences

There were some two hundred persons in attendance, including those draws thither by curiosity.

Representative citizens of the place and many persons drawn thither by curiosity were present at the funeral services.

Traffic policemen are standing in the middle of the road, directing cars hither and thither in the time-honoured fashion.

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World English Dictionary

thither or thitherward (ˈðɪðə, ˈðɪðəwəd)

—*adv*
	obsolete, formal or to or towards that place; in that direction: the flowers and music which attract people thither

[Old English thider, variant of thæder, influenced by hiderhither; related to Old Norse thathra there]

thitherward or thitherward

—*adv*

[Old English thider, variant of thæder, influenced by hiderhither; related to Old Norse thathra there]

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

thither

O.E. þider "to or toward that place," altered (by infl. of its opposite hider) of earlier þæder "to that place," from P.Gmc. *thadra- (cf. O.N. þaðra "there"), from *tha (see that) + PIE suffix denoting motion toward (cf. Goth. -dre, Skt. -tra).

EXPAND

The medial -th- developed in M.E. but was rare before 1525 (cf. gather, murder, burden).

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Idioms & Phrases

thither

see hither and thither.