| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | neth·er·world |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n th  r-wûrld |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also nether world |
| NOUN: | 1. The world of the dead. 2. The part of society engaged in crime and vice: “In this black-white nether world, nobody judged the customers” (Malcolm X). | | OTHER FORMS: | nether·worldly —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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