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therenigh

/ˈðɛə.naɪ//ˈðɛɚ.naɪ/

therenigh adverb: near that (person, place, thing, etc.); near it.

Adverb

therenigh (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Near that (person, place, thing, etc.); near it
    • The stream passed through the midst of the monastery and therenigh sat ten damsels like moons, high-bosomed maids, clad in dresses and ornaments that dazzled the eyes, as says of them the poet: […]1901, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 2, page 9
    • Rinaldo, left in his shirt and barefoot, it being very cold and snowing hard, knew not what to do and seeing the night already at hand, looked about him, trembling and chattering the while with his teeth, if there were any shelter to be seen therenigh, where he might pass the night […]2013, Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron

Origin of therenigh

From Middle English ther nygh, therny, þere-neiȝh, þerneȝ, þernegh, þare-neiȝ, from Old English þǣr nēah, equivalent to there + nigh. Cognate with West Frisian dêrnei (“thereafter”), Dutch daarna (“afterwards”), German danach (“afterwards, thereafter”).

Questions about therenigh

What does therenigh mean?
Therenigh means near that (person, place, thing, etc.); near it.
What part of speech is therenigh?
Therenigh is an adverb.
How do you pronounce therenigh?
Therenigh is pronounced /ˈðɛə.naɪ/ (UK).

Words near therenigh in the dictionary

  1. thereminvox
  2. thereminvoxes
  3. therence
  4. thereness
  5. therenesses
  6. therenigh
  7. thereof
  8. thereology
  9. thereon
  10. thereonto
  11. thereout

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