nother

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌðə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌðəɹ/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /ˈnʊðə/
• Rhymes: -ʌðə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Old English nōhwæþer. Compare neither, nauther.

Pronoun

nother

1. (obsolete outside UK and Caribbean dialects) Neither.

Adjective

nother (not comparable)

1. (obsolete outside UK and Caribbean dialects) Neither.

Etymology 2

Variant of an other, another, rebracketed as a nother. Compare Middle English a noþer.

Pronoun

nother

1. (obsolete) Another.

Adjective

nother (not comparable)

1. (obsolete except US, informal) Different, other.
   • 2009 October 1, Don Chaikin, “Long-Term Test Cars: Azera, Sedon M35, Highlander Hybrid, Liberty Sport CRD, Cobalt SS”, in Jim Meigs, editor, Popular Mechanics‎, New York, N.Y.: The Hearst Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-10-01:

     Executing it all well, with the feel, look and operation of a real luxury car, is a whole nother ball of wax.

   • 2015, L. T. Wolf, The World King, →ISBN:

     He has said elfsheen four nother ways — elfsheen, elfshine, elfshone, elfshyne.

Derived terms

• a whole nother

Anagrams

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

Middle English

Adverb

nother

1. Alternative form of nouther
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, edited by Eugène Vinaver, Le Morte d'Arthur‎, 1947, book XVIII:

     Than the quene seyde, ‘Syr, as Jesu be my helpe!’ She wyst nat how, nother in what manere.

     Then the Queen said, ‘Sir, for Jesus help me!’ She knew not how, nor in what manner.

   • 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum ii”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 214:

     Syre he ſayd / ther of be as it be may I haue aſked that I wylle aſke / wel ſayd the kynge ye ſhal have mete & drynke ynouȝ / I neuer deffended ƿ^t none / nother my frende ne my foo

     Sire, he said, that is it; I have asked what I would ask. Well, said the king, you shall have meat and drink enough. I never took vengence with any, neither my friend nor my foe.

Descendants

• English: nor
• Yola: noor, nore, nor, nar

Yola

Etymology

Variant of anoor (“another”), influenced by re-analysis as a nother.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuːˈðiː/

Adjective

nother

1. other

   Synonym: oother

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 59