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.
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.
conj.
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.
Nor
Provide neither gold nor silver, nor brass, in your purses, nor scrip for your journey.
Where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt.
I love him not, nor fear him.
Where neither party is nor true, nor kind.
Simois nor Xanthus shall be wanting there.
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.
Usage Examples
Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is the right time for marriage.
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.
Art requires neither complaisance nor politeness nothing but faith, faith and freedom.
Be content with what you are, and wish not change nor dread your last day, nor long for it.
Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would support the other side. He felt he was untouchable and he said so openly.
And though my Lord hath lost his estate and been banished out of his country, yet neither despised poverty nor pinching necessity could make him break the bonds of friendship or weaken his loyal duty.
As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.
Misspelled Formnor, bnor, hnor, jnor, mnor, nor, bor, hor, jor, mor, or, nbor, nhor, njor, nmor, n or, nior, n9or, n0or, npor, nlor, nir, n9r, n0r, npr, nlr, noir, no9r, no0r, nopr, nolr, noer, no4r, no5r, notr, nofr, noe, no4, no5, not, nof, nore, nor4, nor5, nort, norf.
Other Usage ExamplesAmerica's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
Anybody who comes to the cinema is bringing they're whole sexual history, their literary history, their movie literacy, their culture, their language, their religion, whatever they've got. I can't possibly manipulate all of that, nor do I want to.
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
A true poet does not bother to be poetical. Nor does a nursery gardener scent his roses.
A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else.
An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
Americans play to win at all times. I wouldn't give a hoot and hell for a man who lost and laughed. That's why Americans have never lost nor ever lose a war.
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