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nether

[ neth-er ]

adjective

  1. lying or believed to lie beneath the earth's surface; infernal:

    the nether regions.

  2. lower or under:

    his nether lip.



nether

/ ˈɛðə /

adjective

  1. placed or situated below, beneath, or underground

    nether regions

    a nether lip

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • Աٳİ·ɲ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nether1

before 900; Middle English nethere, Old English neothera, nithera, derivative of nither down (cognate with German nieder ), literally, further down, equivalent to ni- down + -ther comparative suffix
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of nether1

Old English niothera, nithera, literally: further down, from nither down. Related to Old Irish nitaram, German nieder
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After all, there was the guy who asked on our first outing if I was “taken care of down there,” waving his hands toward my nether region.

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While counting scales for his research, Fry says that, sometimes, the most informative areas are the ones closes to the snake’s nether regions.

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Now he was ready for a different kind of journey, a psychedelic trip through the nether regions of his own mind.

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If you weren't, then you can stick your opinions someplace where ignorance and information are equal, like the nether regions of Trump's mind.

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It deepens a sense of illusion: His figures are of the painting but not entirely of the painting — inhabiting a nether material state.

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