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nor.

And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

conj/nɔː/Received-Pronunciation/nɔɹ/General-American
  1. And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).

    literary
    Nor did I stop to think, but ran.
    They are happy, nor need we worry.
  2. A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.

    I am neither hungry nor thirsty.
  3. Neither.

    archaic
  4. 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.
  5. Than.

    UK · dialectal
    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.

noun/nɔː/Received-Pronunciation/nɔɹ/General-American
  1. Alternative form of NOR.

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.

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