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ne'er en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /nɛəɹ/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈnɛʔɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈnɛʔə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /nɛə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Contraction of never.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal, not-comparable, poetic, qualifier:or fossilized; otherwise archaic; or fossilized; otherwise archaic) Contraction of never.
    alt of never
    • The foe had better ne’er been born that gets in “Stonewall’s Way.” 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way
    • "What should we do for the propine - We used to offer something fine, But ne'er a groat's in pouch of mine" 1877, Walter Scott, The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott With a Memoir · Volume 6, page 322:

Forms

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ne're alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

ne'er a · ne'er cast a clout till May be out

Relateds

nary · e’er · ne’er-do-well · ne'ery · whene’er