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nether

net·her

UK/nɛð.ə/ US/nɛð.ɚ/ uncommon uk

adjective

1.

lower

  • “gnawed his nether lip”
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2.

of the underworld

  • “nether regions”
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3.

located below or beneath something else

  • “nether garments”
  • “the under parts of a machine”
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Origin

From Middle English nether, nethere, nithere, from Old English niþera (“lower, under, lowest”, adjective), from niþer, niþor (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”). Cognates include Dutch neder, German nieder, Luxembourgish nidder, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ned (“down”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish nedre (“lower”), Faroese and Icelandic niður.

Phrases

  • hard as the nether millstone
  • Hartington Nether Quarter
  • Nether Alderley
  • Nether Broughton
  • nether cheek
  • Nether Denton
  • Nether Exe
  • nether hair

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