nevermoreadv.n.

Brit.

/ˌnɛvəˈmɔː/,

/ˈnɛvəmɔː/, U.S.

/ˌnɛvərˈmɔr/

Forms: see never adv. and more adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., more adv.

Etymology: < never adv. + more adv.

Chiefly literary and poetic.

A. adv.

Never again, at no future time; no longer; (also simply) never.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > never > never again

nevermoOE

no moOE

nevermorelOE

no morelOE

nathemoc1275

no (also not any) longer1766

α.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1123 Ða biscopas..sæden þæt hi næfre mare ne wolden hafen munechades man to ercebiscop ofer hem.

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 Þa wenden þe eorles..þat he neure mare sculde cumen ut.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18925 Allmann kinn..mihhte næfre mar. Ben lesedd fra þe defell.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16017 No most þu nauere-mære Ængle-lond aȝe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10054 (MED) Þe welle o grace..þat fines neuermar to rin.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24904 (MED) Þis es þe dai þat sco was geten; Lok neuermar it be forgeten.

c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) 357 (MED) Þe flesche þat þay [sc. tusks] festyn amange, It coueres it neuir mare.

c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1374 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 40 Forsuth þe lewe sall I neuirmare.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 166 The tothir..swar That he suld have It neuir mar.

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 191 I saw hir nevir mare.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 15 They salbe saif, and neuer mair shall dee.

a1586 R. Maitland Miseries of Tyme in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS. (1919) I. xxii. 42 Keip ws..that neuer mair we cum To sic errour.

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iii. 25 When Brawny Elfshot never mair came hame.

1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 117 Lassie wi' the gowden hair..Fare ye weel! for never mair Johnie will believe ye!

1866 D. Wingate Annie Weir 145 The happy glimmer o' your e'e, Auld Tam, I never mair shall see.

?1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle in Compl. Poems (1993) I. 135 Never mair a Scot sall tryst, Abies on Calvary, wi' Christ, Unless [etc.].

β. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 3 Non ancre..ne schal..bihoten ase hest bute þreo þinges, þet beoð, obedience, chastete, & studestaþeluestnesse, þet heo ne schal þene stude neuermore chaungen.a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 437 Ðoȝ he ðre hundred ȝer..wuneden her, Biȝeten he neuermor non.?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 570 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 294 Nevermore he nolde come..In the bed.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1240 Wende ghe it coueren neuere-mor.a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 2813 (MED) Nou loke anon thou be withdrawe, So that I se thee neveremore.c1450 Mandeville's Trav. (Coventry) (1973) 2509 (MED) The puple of the cuntree thore Thei worche noo werke neuer more.?1507 Communyc. (W. de W.) c iij And than to lyue and neuermore dye.1509 tr. A. de la Sale Fyftene Ioyes of Maryage (de Worde) (new ed.) x. sig. I.vij^v The wyfe shall neuer more for erthely thynge Her husbande loue vnto her last endynge.1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession sig. Cc.ij^v I will neuer more contende with thee duryng life.1637 J. Milton Comus 19 Silence..Wish't she might..Be never more Still to be so displac't.1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 606 He never more henceforth will dare set foot In Paradise. 1732 J. Swift Pastoral Dialogue xi, in Misc. III. 38 Him on my Lap you never more should see; Or may I lose my Weeding-knife—and Thee.1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. i. 159 That letter..was to prepare you, indeed, for our meeting, perhaps, never more!1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside I. iv. 45 The sound of my voice died suddenly, and word spoke I nevermore.1845 E. A. Poe Raven & Other Poems 5 ‘Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!’ Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xvi. 249 Then never—never—never more shall Eleanor Lavish be a friend of mine.1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 96 Nevermore sit in a lunar park in Aalesund, holding each other's hands, or eating smorbrodt.1994 M. Williamson Illuminata (new ed.) ii. v. 177 Through the power of God within us, I order you gone, nevermore to return.

B. n.

That which is no more; the fact of no longer existing. Also: something which no longer exists. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [noun] > time or date which never comes

Latter Lammas1559

nevermas?1562

the week of the four Fridays1766

Tib's Eve1785

nevermore1951

1951 A. Koestler Age of Longing ii. v. 257 The evermore of desire and the nevermore of satiety.

1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 50 It's by such charms the Never-more Intoxicates us in the Now.

1985 Fortune 4 Mar. 20/1 [He] has made astonishing progress in turning the company from a nevermore into a menace.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nevermore
释义	nevermoreadv.n. Brit. /ˌnɛvəˈmɔː/, /ˈnɛvəmɔː/, U.S. /ˌnɛvərˈmɔr/ Forms: see never adv. and more adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: never adv., more adv. Etymology: < never adv. + more adv. Chiefly literary and poetic. A. adv. Never again, at no future time; no longer; (also simply) never. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > never > never again nevermoOE no moOE nevermorelOE no morelOE nathemoc1275 no (also not any) longer1766 α. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1123 Ða biscopas..sæden þæt hi næfre mare ne wolden hafen munechades man to ercebiscop ofer hem. ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1140 Þa wenden þe eorles..þat he neure mare sculde cumen ut. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 18925 Allmann kinn..mihhte næfre mar. Ben lesedd fra þe defell. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16017 No most þu nauere-mære Ængle-lond aȝe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 10054 (MED) Þe welle o grace..þat fines neuermar to rin. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24904 (MED) Þis es þe dai þat sco was geten; Lok neuermar it be forgeten. c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) 357 (MED) Þe flesche þat þay [sc. tusks] festyn amange, It coueres it neuir mare. c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 1374 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 40 Forsuth þe lewe sall I neuirmare. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 166 The tothir..swar That he suld have It neuir mar. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 191 I saw hir nevir mare. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 15 They salbe saif, and neuer mair shall dee. a1586 R. Maitland Miseries of Tyme in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS. (1919) I. xxii. 42 Keip ws..that neuer mair we cum To sic errour. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd ii. iii. 25 When Brawny Elfshot never mair came hame. 1806 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 117 Lassie wi' the gowden hair..Fare ye weel! for never mair Johnie will believe ye! 1866 D. Wingate Annie Weir 145 The happy glimmer o' your e'e, Auld Tam, I never mair shall see. ?1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle in Compl. Poems (1993) I. 135 Never mair a Scot sall tryst, Abies on Calvary, wi' Christ, Unless [etc.]. β. a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 3 Non ancre..ne schal..bihoten ase hest bute þreo þinges, þet beoð, obedience, chastete, & studestaþeluestnesse, þet heo ne schal þene stude neuermore chaungen.a1300 (c1275) Physiologus (1991) 437 Ðoȝ he ðre hundred ȝer..wuneden her, Biȝeten he neuermor non.?1316 Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 570 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 294 Nevermore he nolde come..In the bed.a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1240 Wende ghe it coueren neuere-mor.a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 2813 (MED) Nou loke anon thou be withdrawe, So that I se thee neveremore.c1450 Mandeville's Trav. (Coventry) (1973) 2509 (MED) The puple of the cuntree thore Thei worche noo werke neuer more.?1507 Communyc. (W. de W.) c iij And than to lyue and neuermore dye.1509 tr. A. de la Sale Fyftene Ioyes of Maryage (de Worde) (new ed.) x. sig. I.vij^v The wyfe shall neuer more for erthely thynge Her husbande loue vnto her last endynge.1581 B. Rich Farewell Militarie Profession sig. Cc.ij^v I will neuer more contende with thee duryng life.1637 J. Milton Comus 19 Silence..Wish't she might..Be never more Still to be so displac't.1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 606 He never more henceforth will dare set foot In Paradise. View more context for this quotation1732 J. Swift Pastoral Dialogue xi, in Misc. III. 38 Him on my Lap you never more should see; Or may I lose my Weeding-knife—and Thee.1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. i. 159 That letter..was to prepare you, indeed, for our meeting, perhaps, never more!1831 J. K. Paulding Dutchman's Fireside I. iv. 45 The sound of my voice died suddenly, and word spoke I nevermore.1845 E. A. Poe Raven & Other Poems 5 ‘Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!’ Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore.’1908 E. M. Forster Room with View xvi. 249 Then never—never—never more shall Eleanor Lavish be a friend of mine.1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 96 Nevermore sit in a lunar park in Aalesund, holding each other's hands, or eating smorbrodt.1994 M. Williamson Illuminata (new ed.) ii. v. 177 Through the power of God within us, I order you gone, nevermore to return. B. n. That which is no more; the fact of no longer existing. Also: something which no longer exists. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [noun] > time or date which never comes Latter Lammas1559 nevermas?1562 the week of the four Fridays1766 Tib's Eve1785 nevermore1951 1951 A. Koestler Age of Longing ii. v. 257 The evermore of desire and the nevermore of satiety. 1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 50 It's by such charms the Never-more Intoxicates us in the Now. 1985 Fortune 4 Mar. 20/1 [He] has made astonishing progress in turning the company from a nevermore into a menace. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.n.lOE
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