English Explanatory Dictionary

a whole nother

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. An intensified form of another: an entirely different; a whole other.

Pronunciation

/ə ˈhəʊl ˌnʌðə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-a whole nother.wav /ə ˈhoʊl ˌnʌðəɹ/

Word forms

a whole nother a whole 'nother

Etymology

Either from a + whole + nother (“different, other”), where nother is a variant of other, rebracketed from an other, or from whole + another, with whole having been inserted by tmesis. Compare also dialectal tother from Middle English þe toþer (“the other”).

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