otherguess

English

Alternative forms

• othergates, otherguise

Etymology

Corruption of othergates.

Adjective

otherguess (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Of another kind; different. [from 17th c.]
   • 1732, George Berkeley, “The First Dialogue”, in Alciphron: Or, The Minute Philosopher. […], volume I, London: […] J[acob] Tonson […], →OCLC, section XV, page 57:

     Be aſſured I have in reſerve a body of othergueſs arguments, vvhich I am ready to produce.

   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     “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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)