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nether world

or nether·world

noun

  1. the infernal regions; hell.
  2. the afterworld, or the hereafter.


nether world

noun

  1. the world after death; the underworld
  2. hell
  3. a criminal underworld
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nether world1

First recorded in 1630–40
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Example Sentences

In order to survive, Sara and families like hers live in a kind of nether world of informal economies and networks.

From Time

They become intercessors between this invisible Sovereign and his subjects of this nether world.

A second and, on the whole, an obviously later form of ideas of a beyond, are the myths of the nether world.

The wraith of Anchises enforces the advice, and bids Æneas visit him in the nether-world (856-909).

Crooked courses ever lead to evil ends, albeit not always in this nether world.

It was like looking down a well into some momentarily revealed nether world.

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