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"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "andej-këtej"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "hid og did"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "sinne tänne"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aket da ikit",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "აქეთ და იქით"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aket-ikit",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "აქეთ-იქით"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "akedan ikit",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "აქედან იქით"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "návamu-nátamu",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "на́ваму-на́таму"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vámu-támu",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "ва́му-та́му"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "hit och dit"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "fan hyn fan draw"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "hwnt ac yma"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "yma a thraw"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to here and there, one place after another",
"word": "yma ac acw"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "ora-bura"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "到處"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dàochù",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "到处"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "kallĕ-mallĕ",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "каллӗ-маллӗ"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "hid og did"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "sinne tänne"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "çà et là"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "aket-ikit",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "აქეთ-იქით"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "hin und her"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "ide-oda"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "qua e là"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vámu-támu",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "ва́му-та́му"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "... te tī ... te tā"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "hit og dit"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "tu i tam"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "w tę i we w tę"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "wte i wewte"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "aqui e ali"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "încoace și încolo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"tags": [
"familiar"
],
"word": "încoace și-ncolo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tudá-sjudá",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "туда́-сюда́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tudá i sjudá",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "туда́ и сюда́"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "hit och dit"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tudý-sjudý",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "туди́-сюди́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sjudý-tudý",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "сюди́-туди́"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "fan hyn fan draw"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "hwnt ac yma"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "yma a thraw"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "in a disorderly manner",
"word": "yma ac acw"
}
],
"word": "hither and thither"
}
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"English literary terms",
"English merisms",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"expansion": "hither",
"name": "m"
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"args": {
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"2": "and"
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"expansion": "and",
"name": "m"
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"form": "hithers and thithers",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "hithering and thithering",
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{
"form": "hithered and thithered",
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"form": "hithered and thithered",
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"name": "en-verb"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"ref": "1837 August 29 (date written), Jane Welsh Carlyle, “Letter 21: To T[homas] Carlyle, Scotsbrig”, in Alexander Carlyle, editor, New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle […], volume I, London, New York, N.Y.: John Lane, The Bodley Head, published 1903, →OCLC, page 61",
"text": "I have been too long waiting for certainties; hithering and thithering being a condition under which I find it almost impossible to write, or indeed to do anything except fret myself to fiddlestrings.\nA noun use.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1856 July 3 (date written), Jane Welsh Carlyle, “Letter 164. Mrs. Russell, Thornhill.”, in James Anthony Froude, editor, Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle […], volume II, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1883, →OCLC, page 275",
"text": "Mr. C. [i.e., Thomas Carlyle] always hithers and thithers in a weary interminable way, before he can make up his mind what he would like most to do.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"(intransitive, archaic) To move here and then there; to move in different directions."
],
"tags": [
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"ipa": "/ˌhɪðəɹ‿n̩ ˈðɪðə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/-ˈθɪðə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˌhɪðɚ‿n̩ ˈðɪðɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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},
{
"ipa": "/-ˈθɪðɚ/",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move here and then there",
"word": "kulkea sinne tänne"
}
],
"word": "hither and thither"
}
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