Definition of "nigh" in Anglais

adjective

1. (archaic, poetic) Near, close by.

   • The end is nigh!
   • Daybreak is drawing nigh.
   • a. 1831, Ludovico Ariosto, William Stewart Rose (translator), Orlando Furioso, 2006, Echo Library, page 185, He at his head took aim who stood most nigh;

2. Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.

verb

1. (ambitransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near

adverb

1. Almost, nearly.

preposition

1. near; close to

   • When the Moon is horned […] is it not ever nigh the Sun?