† nighwhatadv.

Forms: see nigh adj. and what pron.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigh adj., what pron.

Etymology: < nigh adj. + what pron. (see sense 1a at that entry).

Obsolete. rare.

Almost, nearly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly

nigheOE

well-nigheOE

forneanc1000

well-nearc1175

almostc1261

nighwhatc1300

nearhandc1350

nigh handa1375

nigh handsa1375

as good asc1390

into (right) littlea1413

unto litea1420

nigh byc1430

nearbyc1485

near handsa1500

as near as1517

mosta1538

next door1542

wellmost1548

all but1590

anewst1590

uneath1590

next to1611

nearlya1616

thereaboutsa1616

welly1615

thereabout1664

within (an) ames-ace ofa1670

anear1675

pretty much1682

three parts1711

newsta1728

only not1779

partly1781

in all but name1824

just about1836

nentes1854

near1855

nar1859

just1860

not-quite1870

nearabouta1878

effectively1884

nigh on1887

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] > nearly (of amount)

well-nigheOE

nighOE

well-nearc1175

almostc1261

nighwhatc1300

nara1400

neara1400

anighsta1425

muchwhata1513

wellmost1548

most1629

nighly1694

nearly1769

partly1781

mostly1805

most1808

mostlings1816

about1827

nearabouts1834

fairly1840

welly1859

approaching1951

c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1924 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 161 (MED) Heo weren neiȝwat [v.r. neȝwhat] atþe se are þe king it wuste.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 437 Þe frensse were neiȝwat [v.r. ney wat; a1400 Trin. Cambr. nerehand] ibroȝt to gronde.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1791 A louerding of þe romeins..& is men nei wat alle.

a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) App. AA. 827 (MED) Neywhat ouercome he was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	nighwhat
释义	† nighwhatadv. Forms: see nigh adj. and what pron. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nigh adj., what pron. Etymology: < nigh adj. + what pron. (see sense 1a at that entry). Obsolete. rare. Almost, nearly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adverb] > almost or nearly nigheOE well-nigheOE forneanc1000 well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nearhandc1350 nigh handa1375 nigh handsa1375 as good asc1390 into (right) littlea1413 unto litea1420 nigh byc1430 nearbyc1485 near handsa1500 as near as1517 mosta1538 next door1542 wellmost1548 all but1590 anewst1590 uneath1590 next to1611 nearlya1616 thereaboutsa1616 welly1615 thereabout1664 within (an) ames-ace ofa1670 anear1675 pretty much1682 three parts1711 newsta1728 only not1779 partly1781 in all but name1824 just about1836 nentes1854 near1855 nar1859 just1860 not-quite1870 nearabouta1878 effectively1884 nigh on1887 the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] > nearly (of amount) well-nigheOE nighOE well-nearc1175 almostc1261 nighwhatc1300 nara1400 neara1400 anighsta1425 muchwhata1513 wellmost1548 most1629 nighly1694 nearly1769 partly1781 mostly1805 most1808 mostlings1816 about1827 nearabouts1834 fairly1840 welly1859 approaching1951 c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1924 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 161 (MED) Heo weren neiȝwat [v.r. neȝwhat] atþe se are þe king it wuste. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 437 Þe frensse were neiȝwat [v.r. ney wat; a1400 Trin. Cambr. nerehand] ibroȝt to gronde. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 1791 A louerding of þe romeins..& is men nei wat alle. a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) App. AA. 827 (MED) Neywhat ouercome he was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adv.c1300
随便看	to settle the hash to settle the number of a person's mess to settle the stomach to seuen the ongle to sever in their challenges to sever in their defence to sew overhand to sew pillows under a person's elbows to sew up to sew up one's stocking to shackle off to shade away to shade down to shade in to shade out to shade up to shaft out to shake to shake a cloth in the wind to shake a day-day to shake a dayday to shake a fall to shake a foot to shake a free leg to shake a hoof