nowhitheradv.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊwɪðə/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊˌ(h)wɪðər/

Forms: see no adv.¹ and whither adv.; also Middle English nouȝwhoder, Middle English nouȝwoder, Middle English nouhwuder, Middle English nochwder (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adv.¹, whither adv.

Etymology: < no adv.¹ + whither adv.

Now archaic.

To no place; nowhere.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards no place

nowhithereOE

nowhitherwards?a1160

nowherea1300

nouther-whither?a1400

nowhere-whithera1400

nowheres1847

eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxvi. 108 Se bið meahtegost þe to him cuman mæg, forðæm he nohwider ofer þæt cuman ne mæg.

OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 137 Hy nahwider faraþ butan þæs abbodes ræde.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 22 Þe mone & te steorren..studieð aa mare; ne nohwider of þe wei þet tu hauest iwraht ham ne wrencheð ha neaure.

c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 218 Nohwider elles ne ga heo bute þider as me send hire.

c1300 Body & Soul (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 55 (MED) Hellehoundes..comen to fette me to helle; Ne may i noweder from hem fle.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 520 Sche ne mai nowhider gon..That he ne wol it wende and croke.

c1400 ( Canticum Creatione l. 54 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 125 Wile ȝe nowhyþer gon To seken somwhat to oure fode.

1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 565 Not to go owght to watyr nor no whedyr ellys.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 86 He came nowhither without bearyng his porcion of the shot for his repaste.

1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings v. 25 And hee said, Thy seruant went no whither .

1662 W. Hemings Jewes Trag. iv. 56 Za. Whither art thou going? P. No whither, ye see, I stand still.

1681 Heraclitus Ridens 22 Feb. 1/1 I can go no whither about my vocation but you hunt me dry foot I think.

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxii. 205 To go no whither: To make acquaintance: To give up acquaintance:..all at his pleasure, whether she think it reasonable to do so or not.

1850 N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 497 There are other men who..relapse, as we have already expressed it, into certain ancient and footworn trains of thought that lead apparently nowhither.

1872 A. C. Swinburne Under Microscope 1 The human intellect must still as of old go limping and blinking on its way nowhither.

1910 H. James Let. 16 Apr. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) iii. 157 Leading me nowhither but to nervous fear.

1962 P. Goodman Figures of Giacometti in Lordly Hudson i. 18 I look along them and they are converging nowhither neither whence they came.

1994 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Aug. t9 It is an elusive, sardonic trail of brutality and pain that finally fails to cohere, as its off-centre devotion to the creation of depth and meaning, perpetually lead nowhither.

Derivatives

† nowhitherward adv. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cix. 355 Nedes must I stey: and so I do: my feete from path of vice: No witherward: aside to go.

† nowhitherwards adv. Obsolete rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards no place

nowhithereOE

nowhitherwards?a1160

nowherea1300

nouther-whither?a1400

nowhere-whithera1400

nowheres1847

?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 He ne myhte nowiderwardes, ne sitten ne lien ne slepen.

† nowhitherwhere adv. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 4959 (MED) Naquiþer-war may we nu stire.

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

单词	nowhither
释义	nowhitheradv. Brit. /ˈnəʊwɪðə/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˌ(h)wɪðər/ Forms: see no adv.¹ and whither adv.; also Middle English nouȝwhoder, Middle English nouȝwoder, Middle English nouhwuder, Middle English nochwder (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: no adv.¹, whither adv. Etymology: < no adv.¹ + whither adv. Now archaic. To no place; nowhere. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards no place nowhithereOE nowhitherwards?a1160 nowherea1300 nouther-whither?a1400 nowhere-whithera1400 nowheres1847 eOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Otho) xxxvi. 108 Se bið meahtegost þe to him cuman mæg, forðæm he nohwider ofer þæt cuman ne mæg. OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 137 Hy nahwider faraþ butan þæs abbodes ræde. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 22 Þe mone & te steorren..studieð aa mare; ne nohwider of þe wei þet tu hauest iwraht ham ne wrencheð ha neaure. c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 218 Nohwider elles ne ga heo bute þider as me send hire. c1300 Body & Soul (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 55 (MED) Hellehoundes..comen to fette me to helle; Ne may i noweder from hem fle. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 520 Sche ne mai nowhider gon..That he ne wol it wende and croke. c1400 ( Canticum Creatione l. 54 in C. Horstmann Sammlung Altengl. Legenden (1878) 125 Wile ȝe nowhyþer gon To seken somwhat to oure fode. 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 565 Not to go owght to watyr nor no whedyr ellys. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 86 He came nowhither without bearyng his porcion of the shot for his repaste. 1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings v. 25 And hee said, Thy seruant went no whither . View more context for this quotation 1662 W. Hemings Jewes Trag. iv. 56 Za. Whither art thou going? P. No whither, ye see, I stand still. 1681 Heraclitus Ridens 22 Feb. 1/1 I can go no whither about my vocation but you hunt me dry foot I think. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxii. 205 To go no whither: To make acquaintance: To give up acquaintance:..all at his pleasure, whether she think it reasonable to do so or not. 1850 N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 497 There are other men who..relapse, as we have already expressed it, into certain ancient and footworn trains of thought that lead apparently nowhither. 1872 A. C. Swinburne Under Microscope 1 The human intellect must still as of old go limping and blinking on its way nowhither. 1910 H. James Let. 16 Apr. in H. James & E. Wharton Lett. (1990) iii. 157 Leading me nowhither but to nervous fear. 1962 P. Goodman Figures of Giacometti in Lordly Hudson i. 18 I look along them and they are converging nowhither neither whence they came. 1994 Guardian (Nexis) 9 Aug. t9 It is an elusive, sardonic trail of brutality and pain that finally fails to cohere, as its off-centre devotion to the creation of depth and meaning, perpetually lead nowhither. Derivatives † nowhitherward adv. Obsolete rare ΚΠ ?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cix. 355 Nedes must I stey: and so I do: my feete from path of vice: No witherward: aside to go. † nowhitherwards adv. Obsolete rare ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > to or towards some thing or place > to or towards no place nowhithereOE nowhitherwards?a1160 nowherea1300 nouther-whither?a1400 nowhere-whithera1400 nowheres1847 ?a1160 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1137 He ne myhte nowiderwardes, ne sitten ne lien ne slepen. † nowhitherwhere adv. Obsolete rare ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 4959 (MED) Naquiþer-war may we nu stire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.eOE
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