either
(adverb) after a negative statement used as an intensive meaning something like âlikewiseâ or âalsoâ; âhe isnât stupid, but he isnât exactly a genius eitherâ; âI donât know eitherâ; âif you donât order dessert I wonât eitherâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
either
Any one (of two).
Each of two; both. [from 9th c.]
(now, rare) Any one (of more than two).
• When there are more than two alternatives, in the sense of âone of manyâ, any is now generally used instead.
• (each of two): both, each
either
One or other of two people or things.
(obsolete) Both, each of two or more.
either (not comparable)
(conjunctive, after a negative) As well.
After a positive statement, too is commonly used: âI like him, and I like her too.â
Either is sometimes used, especially in North American English, where neither would be more traditionally accurate: âIâm not hungry.â âMe either.â
either
Introduces the first of two (or occasionally more) options or possibilities, the second (or last) of which is introduced by âorâ.
• Ethier, theire
Source: Wiktionary
Ei"ther, a. & pron. Etym: [OE. either, aither, AS. , (akin to OHG. , MHG. iegeweder); a + ge + hwĂŠ whether. See Each, and Whether, and cf. Or, conj.]
1. One of two; the one or the other; -- properly used of two things, but sometimes of a larger number, for any one. Lepidus flatters both, Of both is flattered; but he neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak. Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three. Bacon. There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. Holmes.
2. Each of two; the one and the other; both; -- formerly, also, each of any number. His flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. Milton. On either side . . . was there the tree of life. Rev. xxii. 2. The extreme right and left of either army never engaged. Jowett (Thucyd).
Ei"ther, conj. Either
Definition: precedes two, or more, coördinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or. Either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth. 1 Kings xviii. 27. Few writers hesitate to use either in what is called a triple alternative; such as, We must either stay where we are, proceed, or recede. Latham.
Note: Either was formerly sometimes used without any correlation, and where we should now use or. Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries either a vine, figs James iii. 12.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 April 2025
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de ChinchinĂĄ (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, ChinchinĂĄ, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
