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English
Adjective
nigher
- (archaic) comparative form of nigh: more nigh
1847, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre:It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart.
Anagrams
Yola
Adjective
nigher
- Alternative form of neicher
1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:Huck nigher; y'art scuddeen; fartoo zo hachee?- Come nearer; you're rubbing your back; why so ill tempered?
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 84