NOR


Meaning of NOR in English

I. nər, ˈnȯr, Southern also ˈnär conjunction

Etymology: Middle English, contraction of nother neither, nor, from nother, pronoun & adjective, neither — more at neither

Date: 14th century

1. — used as a function word to introduce the second or last member or the second and each following member of a series of items each of which is negated

neither here nor there

not done by you nor me nor anyone

2. — used as a function word to introduce and negate a following clause or phrase

3. chiefly British : neither

II. conjunction

Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from nor (I)

Date: 15th century

dialect : than

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.