anigh

English

Alternative forms

• anighst (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnai/

Adverb

anigh (not comparable)

1. (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

1. (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.

Anagrams

• Ghani, hangi, hāngī, ahing, Hagin, ghani