nether regions

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• nether regions — noun plural 1. ) HUMOROUS someone s sex organs 2. ) the lower part of a place, especially when this is unpleasant or frightening …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• nether regions — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) (also netherworld) hell; the underworld. 2) euphemistic a person s genitals and bottom …   English terms dictionary

• nether regions — /ˈnɛðə ridʒənz/ (say nedhuh reejuhnz) plural noun 1. the lower parts of something. 2. (euphemistic) the lower part of the torso, especially the genital or anal area. 3. → nether world. 4. an area remote from the main centre of activity or… …  

• nether regions — plural noun 1》 hell; the underworld. 2》 euphemistic a person s genitals and bottom …   English new terms dictionary

• nether regions — UK / US noun [plural] 1) humorous someone s sex organs 2) the lower part of a place, especially when this is unpleasant or frightening …   English dictionary

• nether regions — …   Useful english dictionary

• nether — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nithera, from nither down; akin to Old High German nidar down, Sanskrit ni Date: before 12th century 1. situated down or below ; lower < the nether side > 2. situated or believed to be… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• nether — netherward, adj. /nedh euhr/, adj. 1. lying or believed to lie beneath the earth s surface; infernal: the nether regions. 2. lower or under: his nether lip. [bef. 900; ME nethere, OE neothera, nithera, deriv. of nither down (c. G nieder), lit.,… …   Universalium

• nether — adjective /nɛð.ə,nɛð.ɚ/ a) Lower; under. The disappointed child’s nether lip quivered. b) Lying beneath, or conceived as lying beneath, the Earth’s surface. The nether regions. Syn: bottom …   Wiktionary

• nether — [[t]ne̱ðə(r)[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Nether means the lower part of a thing or place. [OLD FASHIONED] He was escorted back to the nether regions of Main Street …   English dictionary

• nether parts —    the genitalia    Literally, the lower parts, but not of the feet or ankles:     And when he approached me he was unclothed, and his hair concealed his nether parts. (Dalrymple, 1997)    Also as nether regions. Shakespeare uses the Netherlands …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms