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eyther

eyther is the obsolete spelling of either.

Meaning of either

Determiner

either

  1. Any one (of two).
    • You can have it in either colour.
  2. Each of two; both.
    • There is a locomotive at either end of the train, one pulling and the other pushing.
  3. (often, proscribed) Any one (of more than two).
    • I hope you will be ready to own publicly, whenever you shall be called to it, that by your great and frequent urgency you prevailed on me to publish a very loose and uncorrect account of my travels, with directions to hire some young gentleman of either university to put them in order, and correct...Jonathan Swift (1726), Gulliver's Travels, 1st edition

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Questions about eyther

What is eyther the obsolete spelling of?
Eyther is the obsolete spelling of either.

Words near eyther in the dictionary

  1. Eysenckian
  2. Eyster
  3. Eysters
  4. Eyston
  5. Eysturoy
  6. eyther
  7. Eythorne
  8. Eytie
  9. Eyties
  10. Eyton
  11. eyup

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