NEITHER
ADJECTIVES
► ACEY-DEUCEY complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other → 1970s African-American sl.
► HALF AND BETWEEN neutral, neither one thing nor the other → 1862 Sc.
► HALF-NABS good-for-nothing; neither one thing nor another → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NARY neither; not one → 1836 Eng. & Amer. dial.
CONJUNCTIONS
► NAITHERANS neither → 1813 Sc.
► NATHER neither → c893 obs.
► NAUTHER neither → c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
PHRASES
► NEITHER EECHIE NOR OCHIE ► NEITHER EECHIE OR OCHIE ► NEITHER EECHY NOR OOCHY neither one thing nor another; not the smallest word or sound; hence, absolutely nothing → 1768 Sc.
► NEITHER FISH, FLESH, FOWL, NOR GOOD RED-HERRING neither one thing nor another → 1903 sl. (Bk.)
► NEITHER HEAD NOR FOOT neither beginning or end; neither one thing nor another; nothing distinct or definite → 1566 obs.
► NEITHER OF BOTH neither one → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEITHER ONE’S EYE NOR ONE’S ELBOW neither one thing nor another → 1895 Eng. dial.
► YE’LL NEITHER DANCE NOR HAND THE CANDLE you will neither do nor let do; neither act yourself nor assist another → 1721 Sc.
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