† either otherpron.adj.

Forms: see either pron., adj., adv., and conj. and other adj., pron., n., and adv.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: either pron., other pron. and n.

Etymology: < either pron. + other pron. and n., originally after the use shown in either pron. 2. With sense A. 1 compare later each other pron. at each adj. and pron. Compounds.With reciprocal use (see sense A. 1) compare occasional similar Old English use of ǣghwæþer , ǣgþer with uninflected ōþer and genitive of the personal pronoun (apparently representing an earlier independent development from the use shown in either pron. 2):OE tr. Vitas Patrum in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 203 Þa lædde ic min þæt niowe wif in min þæt healf clæmede hus..and uncer laþette ægþer oþer, þeah þe he hit oþrum ne sæde.lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 102 Swa siððan betæhte her ægðer oþer þam ælmihtigan Gode mid halige bedum.

Obsolete.

A. pron.

1. As a reciprocal pronoun (as object and in the genitive): = each other pron. at each adj. and pron. Compounds, one another at one pron. 11.

ΚΠ

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (N.Y. Publ. Lib.) (1850) Rom. Prol. 298 He writeth therfore to the Romaynes, the whiche beende summe of Jewis, and summe of paynymes bileeuende, wolden with proud contencioun vnderpoten either other.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. i. 164 Membris helpiþ eiþir oþir.

a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. vii. 5 (MED) Defraude ȝee not eyþer oþer [L. inuicem].

?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) i. 7 They here now were in their either othre presens ensured.

1600 J. Weever Faunus & Melliflora sig. E2 Doues by turnes be either other nibbing, And louingly in blither words be snibbing.

1628 M. Mainwaring Vienna 9 A true record, that their liking hearts reioyced in the sight of either other.

a1679 W. Owtram 20 Serm. (1682) iii. 77 They have divisions amongst themselves... They charge either other, in some points, with nothing less than heresie it self.

2. Each of the two; = either pron. 1.In quot. 1526 with plural verb, virtually equivalent to ‘both’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [noun] > both

the one and the otherOE

boc1000

eitherOE

bothlOE

either other1526

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > an individual thing or person > each > each of two

either other1526

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. Prol. For which cause either other of them were ordained.

1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. C.iv^v Even so ar lyke in value before him matrimony & virginite for eyther other of them ys the gifte and creature of god.

1550 T. Paynell Piththy & Notable Sayinges Script. f. xxvii. Yf a man be founde lyinge with a woman that hath a wedded husbande, they shal dye either other of them, bothe the man that laye with the wyfe, and also the wyfe.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie ii. 62/1 To make them so neere of bloud as they might call one another cousins, and name themselues be any linage whereof either other were descended.

1660 ‘I. P. Philanthropus’ Ειρηνικον i. 4 In Pamphlets and scurrilous Libels, in Tavern and Ale-house meetings.., in siding and encouraging either other his respective party.., in detracting and slandring, in rayling and inveighing.

3. One or the other of two; = either pron. 5a.

ΚΠ

1534 tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation vnto Syluester sig. K.v Whiche was afore the tyme of these two, and connynger than either outher of them.

1570 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (rev. ed.) ii. iii. §5. 122 Let him take, whether he liketh beste: if either other of theise wordes shal serue his turne.

B. adj.

One or the other of two; = either adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > each > each of two > one or other of two

eitherc1300

either other?a1425

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > an individual thing or person > one of > one of two > one or other of two

either other?a1425

either1439

either of both1532

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.:Wallner) iii. 74 (MED) Truncacioun..is complete..in kuttyng away al þe veyne so forsoþ it is plucked away to þe toþer partie of aiþer oþer side.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 707/2 Wythoute anye chaunge of beliefe on eyther other syde.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020).

单词	either other
释义	† either otherpron.adj. Forms: see either pron., adj., adv., and conj. and other adj., pron., n., and adv.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: either pron., other pron. and n. Etymology: < either pron. + other pron. and n., originally after the use shown in either pron. 2. With sense A. 1 compare later each other pron. at each adj. and pron. Compounds.With reciprocal use (see sense A. 1) compare occasional similar Old English use of ǣghwæþer , ǣgþer with uninflected ōþer and genitive of the personal pronoun (apparently representing an earlier independent development from the use shown in either pron. 2):OE tr. Vitas Patrum in B. Assmann Angelsächsische Homilien u. Heiligenleben (1889) 203 Þa lædde ic min þæt niowe wif in min þæt healf clæmede hus..and uncer laþette ægþer oþer, þeah þe he hit oþrum ne sæde.lOE St. Giles (Corpus Cambr. 303) (1980) 102 Swa siððan betæhte her ægðer oþer þam ælmihtigan Gode mid halige bedum. Obsolete. A. pron. 1. As a reciprocal pronoun (as object and in the genitive): = each other pron. at each adj. and pron. Compounds, one another at one pron. 11. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (N.Y. Publ. Lib.) (1850) Rom. Prol. 298 He writeth therfore to the Romaynes, the whiche beende summe of Jewis, and summe of paynymes bileeuende, wolden with proud contencioun vnderpoten either other. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. i. 164 Membris helpiþ eiþir oþir. a1425 (a1400) Northern Pauline Epist. (1916) 1 Cor. vii. 5 (MED) Defraude ȝee not eyþer oþer [L. inuicem]. ?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) i. 7 They here now were in their either othre presens ensured. 1600 J. Weever Faunus & Melliflora sig. E2 Doues by turnes be either other nibbing, And louingly in blither words be snibbing. 1628 M. Mainwaring Vienna 9 A true record, that their liking hearts reioyced in the sight of either other. a1679 W. Owtram 20 Serm. (1682) iii. 77 They have divisions amongst themselves... They charge either other, in some points, with nothing less than heresie it self. 2. Each of the two; = either pron. 1.In quot. 1526 with plural verb, virtually equivalent to ‘both’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [noun] > both the one and the otherOE boc1000 eitherOE bothlOE either other1526 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > an individual thing or person > each > each of two either other1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Lev. Prol. For which cause either other of them were ordained. 1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. C.iv^v Even so ar lyke in value before him matrimony & virginite for eyther other of them ys the gifte and creature of god. 1550 T. Paynell Piththy & Notable Sayinges Script. f. xxvii. Yf a man be founde lyinge with a woman that hath a wedded husbande, they shal dye either other of them, bothe the man that laye with the wyfe, and also the wyfe. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie ii. 62/1 To make them so neere of bloud as they might call one another cousins, and name themselues be any linage whereof either other were descended. 1660 ‘I. P. Philanthropus’ Ειρηνικον i. 4 In Pamphlets and scurrilous Libels, in Tavern and Ale-house meetings.., in siding and encouraging either other his respective party.., in detracting and slandring, in rayling and inveighing. 3. One or the other of two; = either pron. 5a. ΚΠ 1534 tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation vnto Syluester sig. K.v Whiche was afore the tyme of these two, and connynger than either outher of them. 1570 J. Jewel Def. Apol. Churche Eng. (rev. ed.) ii. iii. §5. 122 Let him take, whether he liketh beste: if either other of theise wordes shal serue his turne. B. adj. One or the other of two; = either adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adjective] > each > each of two > one or other of two eitherc1300 either other?a1425 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [noun] > an individual thing or person > one of > one of two > one or other of two either other?a1425 either1439 either of both1532 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.:Wallner) iii. 74 (MED) Truncacioun..is complete..in kuttyng away al þe veyne so forsoþ it is plucked away to þe toþer partie of aiþer oþer side. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. (1557) 707/2 Wythoute anye chaunge of beliefe on eyther other syde. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020). < pron.adj.c1384
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