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neither

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/ˈnaɪ.ðə/UK/ˈnaɪ.ðɚ/US/ˈneɪ.ðə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Alteration (after either) of nauther, from Middle English neiþer, from Old English nāwþer, contraction of nāhwæþer, corresponding to no + whether. Compare Latin neuter (“neither”). By surface analysis, not + either.

  1. inherited from nāwþer
  2. inherited from neiþer

Definitions

  1. Not one of two

    Not one of two; not either; not one or the other.

    • Neither definition seems correct.
    • She was neither learned nor intelligent, but she contrived to dress both herself and her daughter out of a meagre jointure, supplying with her clever fingers what her purse could not buy;[…].

  2. Not either (used with nor).

    • Neither you nor I likes it.

  3. Not either one of two.

    • I’ve tried on both shirts, but neither fits properly.
    • Her words of advice will help neither of us.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Similarly not.

      • Just as you would not correct it, neither would I.
      • Neither can she stop him, nor can he stop her.
      • Neither now, nor ever will he forsake his mother.

    2. Nor.

      • But here thou canst not handle aught, neither make the folk ware of thee, not though thou shout thy throat hoarse.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for neither. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA