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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Word of the Day

Word of the Day for Sunday, January 22, 2012

 natheless \NEYTH-lis\, adverb: Nevertheless.

Natheless, it was I who did educate Miss Lucy in all useful learning. -- Sir Walter Scott, "Guy Mannering"

Natheless, God send you good success, and to that end will we pray. -- Mark Twain, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"

Natheless is an Old English word. Nā meant "not" in Old English, and the other roots (the and less) have remained constant in modern English.

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