nother

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌðə/

Etymology 1

From Old English nōhwæþer. Compare neither, nauther.

Pronoun

nother

(obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialectal) Neither.

Adjective

nother (not comparable)

(obsolete outside Britain and Caribbean dialectal) Neither.

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

Middle English

Adverb

nother

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

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