nether
pronunciation
How to pronounce nether in British English:
UK [ˈneðə(r)]
How to pronounce nether in American English:
US [ˈnɛðɚ]
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- Adjective:
- lower
- of the underworld
- located below or beneath something else
Word Origin
- nether
- nether: see beneath
- nether (adj.)
- Old English niþera, neoþera "down, downwards, below, beneath," from Proto-Germanic *nitheraz (cognates: Old Saxon nithar, Old Norse niðr, Old Frisian nither, Dutch neder, German nieder), from comparative of PIE *ni- "down, below" (cognates: Sanskrit ni "down," nitaram "downward," Greek neiothen "from below," Old Church Slavonic nizŭ "low, down"). Has been replaced in most senses by lower (adj.).
Example
- 1. He 's between the upper and nether millstone .
- 2. Her feet go down to death , to the nether world her steps attain .
- 3. And caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs .
- 4. Sense offenders holed up in the nether .
- 5. You bury the place calls the nether world .