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Definition nether

Etymology 1

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-Germanic *niþer, *niþra (“down”), from Proto-Indo-European *ni-, *nei- (“in, down”); akin to Old Saxon adjective nithiri (“nether”), adverb nithar (“down”), Old High German adjective nidari, nidaro (“nether”), adverb nidar (“down”) (see German nieder), Old Dutch nither (see Dutch neder) Old Norse adjective neðri, neðarri (“nether”), adverb niðr (“down”); all from a Germanic word that is a comparative of a word akin to Sanskrit ?? (ni, “down”), Albanian nën (“under, in”).

Adjective

nether (comparative nethermore, superlative nethermost)

1. Lower; under.
2. Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface.

Adverb

nether (comparative more nether, superlative most nether)

1. Down; downward.
2. Low; low down.

Etymology 2

Alteration of earlier nither, from Middle English nitheren, from Old English niþerian (“to depress, abase, bring low, humiliate, oppress, accuse, condemn”), from Old English niþer (“below, beneath, down, downwards, lower, in an inferior position”). See above.

Verb

nether (third-person singular simple present nethers, present participle nethering, simple past and past participle nethered)

1. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To bring or thrust down; bring or make low; lower; abase; humble.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To constrict; straiten; confine; restrict; suppress; lay low; keep under; press in upon; vex; harass; oppress.
3. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To pinch or stunt with cold or hunger; check in growth; shrivel; straiten.
4. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To shrink or huddle, as with cold; be shivery; tremble.
5. (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland) To depreciate; disparage; undervalue.

Noun

nether (plural nethers)

1. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Oppression; stress; a withering or stunting influence.
2. (mining) A trouble; a fault or dislocation in a seam of coal.

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