anigh
English
Alternative forms
- anighst (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈnai/
Adverb
anigh (not comparable)
- (archaic) Nigh; near.
- 1893, The Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, page 502:
- The sun-flakes by multitudes lie, / Shed loose as the petals of roses discrowned / On the floors of the forest engilt and embrowned / And reddened afar and anigh.
Preposition
anigh
- (archaic) Nigh; near.
- 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:
- Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you.
Further reading
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “anigh”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.