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nowhence

nowhence adverb: from no place; from nowhere.

Adverb

nowhence (not comparable)

  1. From no place; from nowhere.
    • They come nowhence, and they go nowhither. But now I see them and all things as ever moving symbols of the motions of man's spirit and destiny.1868, George MacDonald, The Seaboard Parish, serialized in The Sunday Magazine, June 1, page 538

Origin of nowhence

Unattested as Middle English *nowhennes, but ultimately from Old English nāhwanon. It may be reconstructed by analogy to nowhither from Middle English nowhider, from Old English nāhwider. Analyzable as no + whence.

Questions about nowhence

What does nowhence mean?
Nowhence means from no place; from nowhere.
What part of speech is nowhence?
Nowhence is an adverb.

Words near nowhence in the dictionary

  1. Nowendoc
  2. Nower
  3. nowhat
  4. nowhen
  5. nowhen else
  6. nowhence
  7. nowhere
  8. Nowhere Creek
  9. nowhere else
  10. nowhere in sight
  11. nowhere income

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