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

• hinger, rehing

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