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behither

behither preposition: on this side of.

Preposition

behither

  1. (obsolete, rare) On this side of.
    • How I had been robbed in the valley, I informed the Senators, who told me that, in very truth, the people of that side were bad livers, and naturally theevish, whereby I perceived well, that as we have with us the Countreys cisalpine and transalpine, that is, behither and beyond the mountains, so...1653, Francis Rabelais [i.e., François Rabelais], translated by [Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony Motteux], “How Pantagruel with His Tongue Covered a Whole Army, and what the Author Saw in His Mouth”...

Origin of behither

From be- + hither.

Questions about behither

What does behither mean?
Behither means on this side of.
What part of speech is behither?
Behither is a preposition.

Words near behither in the dictionary

  1. behindhand
  2. behindhandness
  3. behindness
  4. behinds
  5. behine
  6. behither
  7. Behl
  8. Behler
  9. Behlers
  10. Behling
  11. Behlings

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