Thither
Pronunciation
- IPA: /θɪðəɹ/, /ðɪðəɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɪðə(r)
Origin
From Old English þider.
Full definition of thither
Adverb
thither
- (chiefly literary or legal, dated) To that place.
- Bible, Genesis xix. 20This city is near; ... O, let me escape thither.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, , p. 9:... Eleutherius, who thinking himself concern'd , because he brought me thither ...
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses (novel) Episode 12, The Cyclops:And there rises a shining palace whose crystal glittering roof is seen by mariners who traverse the extensive sea in barks built expressly for that purpose, and thither come all herds and fatlings and firstfruits of that land for O'Connell Fitzsimon takes toll of them, a chieftain descended from chieftains.
- (dated) To that point, end, or result.The argument tended thither.