nor
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Is nor a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of nor?
Definition
conj (English)
1. (literary) And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one).Examples: "Nor did I stop to think, but ran."; "They are happy, nor need we worry."; "Water, water, every where, / Nor any drop to drink."literary
2. (formal, dated) A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true.Examples: "I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired."; "I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less."; "But neither breath of Morn when she ascends / With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun / On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, / Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; / Nor grateful Evening mild; nor silent Night / With this her solemn bird; nor walk by moon, / Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet."datedformal
3. (archaic) Neither.Examples: "I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less."; "Nor you nor your house were so much as spoken of before I disbased myself."archaic
4. (formal, dated) Used to introduce a further negative statement.Examples: "The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished."; "I hardly spoke with nor listened to anybody else."; "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."datedformal
5. (UK, dialect) Than.Examples: "He's no better nor you."; "'I used to think, when you first come into these parts, as you were no better nor you should be.'"; "I wouldn’t like to live here though, not after dark. Sooner you nor me."UKdialectal
noun (English)
1. (logic, electronics) Alternative form of NOR.alt-ofalternative
Definition source: Wiktionary