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Nor

//nɔː// conj, noun

Definitions

Conjunction
  1. 1
    And... not (introducing a negative statement, without necessarily following one). literary

    "Nor did I stop to think, but ran."

  2. 2
    A function word introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true. formal

    "I am neither hungry nor thirsty nor tired."

  3. 3
    Neither. archaic

    "I love your majesty / According to my bond, nor more nor less."

  4. 4
    Used to introduce a further negative statement. formal

    "The struggle didn't end, nor was it diminished."

  5. 5
    Than. UK, dialectal

    "He's no better nor you."

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of NOR. alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.

    "0 NOR 0 is 1; 1 NOR anything is 0."

  3. 3
    Acronym of nucleolus organiser region. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English nauther, from nother. Cognate with neither. By surface analysis, not + or.

Etymology 2

From Etymology 1 (sense 2 above), reinterpreted as not + or or negation + or.

Etymology 3

From nor. Reinterpreted as NOT + OR or negation + OR (see also NAND, formed analogically).

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