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Webster 1913 Edition

Nor

Nor

(nôr)
,
c
onj.
[OE.
nor
, contr. from
nother
. See
Neither
.]
A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
Provide neither gold
nor
silver,
nor
brass, in your purses,
nor
scrip for your journey.
Matt. x. 9, 10.
Where neither moth
nor
rust doth corrupt.
Matt. vi. 20.
I love him not,
nor
fear him.
Shakespeare
Where neither party is
nor
true,
nor
kind.
Shakespeare
Simois
nor
Xanthus shall be wanting there.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nor

NOR

, connective. [ne and or.]
1.
A word that denies ro renders negative the second or subsequent part of a proposition, or a proposition following another negative proposition; correlative to neither or not.
I neither love no fear thee.
Fight neither with small nor great. 1 Kings 22.
2.
Nor sometimes begins a sentence, but in this case a negative proposition has preceded it in the foregoing sentence.
3.
In some cases, usually in poetry, neither is omitted, and the negation which it would express is included in nor.
Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there. That is, neither Simois nor Xanthus.
4.
Sometimes in poetry, nor is used for neither, in the first part of the proposition.
I whom nor avarice nor pleasures move.

Definition 2024

Nor

Nor

See also: nor, NOR, ñor, nor-, nor', and Nor.

Czech

Noun

Nor m, animate

  1. Norwegian (native of Norway)

Declension

Related terms

nor

nor

See also: Nor, NOR, ñor, nor-, nor', and Nor.

English

Conjunction

nor

  1. (literary) And not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one)
    • Boethius
      Out with it, nor hold it fast within your breast.
    • Shakespeare
      I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less.
    • Milton
      Nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet.
    • Sir Walter Scott, The Talisman
      And, moreover, I had made my vow to preserve my rank unknown till the crusade should be accomplished; nor did I mention it […]
    Nor did I stop to think, but ran.‎
  2. A function word introducing each except the first term or series, indicating none of them is true
    • 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
      The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them […] is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies. […] current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate […] “stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
    I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired.‎
  3. Used to introduce a further negative statement
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
      I was about to say that I had known the Celebrity from the time he wore kilts. But I see I will have to amend that, because he was not a celebrity then, nor, indeed, did he achieve fame until some time after I left New York for the West.
    The struggle didn't end, nor was it any less diminished.‎
  4. (Britain, dialect, Yorkshire) Than.
    He's no better nor you.‎
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Translations

Etymology 2

Possibly Blend of not +‎ or; alternatively, short for “negation of OR”.

Noun

nor ‎(plural nors)

  1. (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR

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Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: small · cannot · father · #225: nor · moment · however · enough

Anagrams

Aromanian

Noun

nor

  1. Alternative form of norã

Basque

Pronoun

nor

  1. who

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔr

Noun

(only as singular, with definite article: de nor)

  1. (informal) Jail, prison; imprisonment

Synonyms

Lojban

Rafsi

nor

  1. rafsi of no'e.

Norman

Alternative forms

  • nord (continental Normandy, Guernsey, Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French norht, north, nort ‎(“north”), from Old English norþ ‎(“north”), from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą ‎(“north”), from Proto-Indo-European *ner- ‎(“lower, bottom; to sink, shrivel”).

Noun

nor m ‎(uncountable)

  1. (Sark) north

Romanian

Alternative forms

  • nour, nuor (regional)

Etymology

From older nuăr, from Late Latin nūbilus, from classical Latin nūbēs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nor]

Noun

nor m ‎(plural nori)

  1. cloud

Declension

Derived terms

Slovene

Etymology

From German Narr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ́r/
  • Tonal orthography: nȍr

Adjective

nòr ‎(comparative bòlj nòr, superlative nàjbolj nòr)

  1. crazy, insane, mad

Declension

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nor/

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