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hithers and thithers

hithers and thithers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hither and thither.

Meaning of hither and thither

Verb

hither and thither (third-person singular simple present hithers and thithers, present participle hithering and thithering, simple past and past participle hithered and thithered)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To move here and then there; to move in different directions.
    • I have been too long waiting for certainties; hithering and thithering being a condition under which I find it almost impossible to write, or indeed to do anything except fret myself to fiddlestrings.1837 August 29 (date written), Jane Welsh Carlyle, “Letter 21: To T[homas] Carlyle, Scotsbrig”, in Alexander Carlyle, editor, New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle […], volume I, London...

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What is hithers and thithers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hithers and thithers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hither and thither.

Words near hithers and thithers in the dictionary

  1. hither and yonder
  2. Hither Green
  3. hithered and thithered
  4. hithering and thithering
  5. hithermost
  6. hithers and thithers
  7. hitherside
  8. hitherto
  9. hithertofore
  10. hitherunto
  11. hitherward

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