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单词 nethermore
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nethermoreadj.n.adv.

Brit. /ˈnɛðəmɔː/, U.S. /ˈnɛðərˌmɔr/
Forms: see nether adj. and -more suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nether adj., -more suffix.
Etymology: < nether adj. + -more suffix. Compare Old Swedish niþermer , Old Danish nedermere , adverbs. With use as adverb, compare earlier nether adv.3
A. adj.
Lower, inferior. literary in later use.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lower in position
netherOE
nethermorea1382
downwarda1400
inferial?a1475
inferior?a1475
subject?a1475
lower1611
subordinate1648
female1652
lowermore1663
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Deut. xxiv. 6 Þou shalt not take..þe neþermore [a1425 L.V. lowere; L. inferiorem] & ouermore grynstoen.
?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 72 Liby þe neþermare begynnez at þe Spaynisch see.
c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 34 (MED) The oþere v spondilis neþermore wiþouten meene vndir þe aforseid vij..ben conteyned wiþ hem.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 257 The nethermore [root], which also is the bigger.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 337 The upper part of the Church, and..the nethermore.
1867 H. W. Longfellow tr. Dante Inferno iii. 41 The heavens expelled them; Nor them the nethermore abyss receives.
1910 W. G. Collingwood Dutch Agnes 16 Such an one will come first to the two houses of Little Aray, the nethermore and the uppermore.
B. n.
a. The lower parts. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lower part
nethermorea1382
netherer1435
lowera1500
underpart1662
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Psalms cxxxviii. 15 My substaunce is in þe neþermor [v.r. nethermoris; a1425 L.V. lower partis] of þe erþe.
b. Those who are inferior; the losers in a conflict, the underdogs. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) Judges xx. 36 When þei haddyn seen þemselue to ben þe neþermore [L. inferiores], þei begunnyn to flee.
C. adv.
Lower or further down; further on (in a document, etc.). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in downward direction > further
nethermorea1400
a1400 (c1300) Northern Homily: Serm. on Gospels (Coll. Phys.) in Middle Eng. Dict. at Nethermor(e Thir thre reft adam paradis, Als sais sain gregori þe wis, Als nethir mar man find mai.
a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 260 in Poems (1981) 140 Nethir mare he went, as ye here sall.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. v. (heading) Tyl hellis fluids Enee socht nether mair.
1565 A. Golding tr. Caesar Martiall Exploytes in Gallia v. f. 116 Thone corner..is toward the East: and thother nethermore is towarde the South.
1817 R. Southey Let. 13 Oct. (1851) 358 Neither in France, and France; and in tracts where there was little Switzerland, Italy, Germany, nor the Nethermore than earth and sky to be seen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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