nowhenceadv.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊwɛns/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊˌ(h)wɛns/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., whence adv. and conj.

Etymology: < no adj. + whence adv. and conj., after nowhen adv. Compare earlier somewhence adv., otherwhence adv., elsewhence adv., anywhence adv. Compare also earlier nowhither adv.

Now rare.

From no place. Also with from.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from no place

nowhencea1767

a1767 E. Lye Dict. Saxonico & Gothico-Lat. (1772) II Na-hwanan, No whence. Nusquam.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. x. 240 The homeless Universe, falling..for ever, from nowhence toward nowhither.

1890 J. Martineau Seat Authority Relig. i. i. 20 Coming nowhence and going nowhither.

1921 Philos. Rev. 30 496 The mind has two ways of escape from the endless sequence. Asking whence anything comes, it may answer either ‘Everywhence you can name’, or ‘Nowhence you can name’.

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

单词	nowhence
释义	nowhenceadv. Brit. /ˈnəʊwɛns/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌ(h)wɛns/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adj., whence adv. and conj. Etymology: < no adj. + whence adv. and conj., after nowhen adv. Compare earlier somewhence adv., otherwhence adv., elsewhence adv., anywhence adv. Compare also earlier nowhither adv. Now rare. From no place. Also with from. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > away from some thing or place > from no place nowhencea1767 a1767 E. Lye Dict. Saxonico & Gothico-Lat. (1772) II Na-hwanan, No whence. Nusquam. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. x. 240 The homeless Universe, falling..for ever, from nowhence toward nowhither. 1890 J. Martineau Seat Authority Relig. i. i. 20 Coming nowhence and going nowhither. 1921 Philos. Rev. 30 496 The mind has two ways of escape from the endless sequence. Asking whence anything comes, it may answer either ‘Everywhence you can name’, or ‘Nowhence you can name’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1767
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