nother

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌðə/

Etymology 1

From Old English nōhwæþer. Compare neither, nauther.

Pronoun

nother

(obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialects) Neither.

Adjective

nother (not comparable)

(obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialects) Neither.

Adverb

nother (not comparable)

(obsolete) Nor.
- 1485 July 31, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: William Caxton], OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur, London: Published by David Nutt, in the Strand, 1889, OCLC 890162034:
  , Bk.VII:
  Than the quene seyde […] she wyst nat how, nother in what manere.

Etymology 2

Variant of an other, another, influenced by re-analysis as a nother.

Pronoun

nother

(obsolete) Another.

Adjective

nother (not comparable)

(largely obsolete outside the US phrase a whole nother) Different, other.
- 2009 October 1, Automotive Editors, “Long-Term Test Cars”, in Poplar Mechanics‎, retrieved 2012-03-14:
  Executing it all well, with the feel, look and operation of a real luxury car, is a whole nother ball of wax.
- 2015, LT Wolf, The World King (fiction), →ISBN:
  He has said elfsheen four nother ways — elfsheen, elfshine, elfshone, elfshyne.

Anagrams

Hornet, Rhoten, Theron, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, other'n, throne

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