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adj
Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary, not-comparable
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Synonyms: hither, proximate, around the corner, citerior, close, close by, immediate, near, nearby, nigh, present, propinquitous
Antonyms: ulterior
History
Borrowed from Latin citerior (“(particularly in province names) nearer”), comparative of citer (“on this side; near”) (from cis (“on or to this or the near side of; short of; before”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”)) + -ior (suffix forming comparatives). The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese and Spanish citerior.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
