nor.
And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
Meaning & usage
And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).
Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
They are happy, nor need we worry.
A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.
I am neither hungry nor thirsty.
Neither.
Used to introduce a further negative statement.
The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished.
I hardly spoke with nor listened to anybody else.
Than.
He's no better nor you.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or.
Alternative form of NOR.
Where this word comes from
From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.