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aˈnotherguess, a. arch.
Also 7 -ghess, -gess.
[a phonetic reduction of anothergets for another-gates: cf. bless- for blets-ien, best for betst, etc. The spelling -guess suggests a wrong derivation.]
Of another sort or kind.
1625Howell Lett. I. ix. §4, I wish you anothergets wife then Socrates had. 1644Ibid. (1726) 90 Algiers is anothergess thing now than she was then. 1690Shadwell Amor. Bigot iii. 268 She has made another guess choice. 1690Dryden Amphitr., The truth on't is, she's anotherghess Morsel than old Bromia. 1762Foote Orators iii. (1767) 61 This is anotherguess matter, because why, the head is concerned. 1837T. Hook Jack Brag 196 He was as they say ‘quite another guess sort of man’ from what he had been. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iv. 1498 Anotherguess tribunal than ours here. |