nigher

English

Etymology 1

From nigh +‎ -er. Doublet of near.

Adjective

nigher

  1. (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.

Etymology 2

Verb

nigher (third-person singular simple present nighers, present participle nighering, simple past and past participle nighered)

  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of nicker (“to neigh”).

Anagrams

Yola

Adjective

nigher

  1. 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
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