otherguess

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Corruption of othergates.

Adjective

otherguess (not comparable)

  1. (now rare) Of another kind; different. [from 17th c.]
    • 1732, George Berkeley, Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher
      Otherguess arguments.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, chapter 101, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume IV, London: Harrison and Co., […], published 1781, OCLC 316121541:
      “I have known other-guess authors than you (that is, in point of interest and fame) kept in continual attendance and dependance during the best part of their lives, and after all, disappointed in the expectation of seeing their performances exhibited on the stage.”

Adverb

otherguess (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) In another way.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for otherguess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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