Meanings
nother1
- obsolete outside UK and Caribbean dialectsNeither.
- not comparableobsolete outside UK and Caribbean dialectsNeither.
nother2
- obsoleteAnother.
- USinformalnot comparableDifferent, other.
That is just a completely nother department altogether.
2018, “James Leo Herlihy”, in All Fall Down, page 1262 more examples
Executing it all well, with the feel, look and operation of a real luxury car, is a whole nother ball of wax.
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 01 Oct 2013He has said elfsheen four nother ways — elfsheen, elfshine, elfshone, elfshyne.
2015, L. T. Wolf, The World King, →ISBN
Origin
nother · pronoun, adjective
- Old Englishnōhwæþer
- Englishnother
From Old English nōhwæþer. Compare neither, nauther.
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Full word history & related roots →nother · pronoun, adjective
Variant of an other, another, rebracketed as a nother. Compare Middle English a noþer.
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Cite this entry
nother. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nother
“nother.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nother. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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