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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

anigh en · ADP

Pronunciation

  • /əˈnai/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) Nigh; near.
    • Rest you quiet till I come; and may no foul creature come anigh you. 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:

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anigh en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /əˈnai/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aneh, equivalent to a- + nigh.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, not-comparable) Nigh; near.
    • 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. 1893, The Nineteenth Century and After: A Monthly Review, page 502:

Forms

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anighst alternative, obsolete lexicographic