nether region
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Hell; a realm beneath the surface of the earth conceived as the abode of the souls of the dead and, sometimes, as the abode of demons or evil spirits.
noun
A place which is subterranean or enclosed beneath a surface, especially one which is dark, dank, or otherwise inhospitable.
Example Sentences
- "At this instant old Roger Chillingworth thrust himself through the crowd—or, perhaps, so dark, disturbed, and evil was his look, he rose up out of some nether region."
- "None of them were sorry when Faust was duly consigned to the nether regions."
- "The other, dwarfed and prehensile, might in its uncanny silhouette have been an imp of darkness from the nether regions."
- "But the steward of those nether regions marked him, by the electric lamps, as a lurking passenger to be watched; and wondered who, at that depth in the ship, could be carrying valuables."
- "The rash of celebrities flashing their nether regions worries Peter Post, director of the Emily Post Institute of etiquette and manners."
- "But her main concern is the hard seating that numbs the nether regions."