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otherwhat

otherwhat pronoun: something else; (some) other thing; especially in the phrase no otherwhat (“no other thing; nothing else”).

Pronoun

otherwhat

  1. (archaic) Something else; (some) other thing; especially in the phrase no otherwhat (“no other thing; nothing else”).
    • Certes, for no otherwhat (His every action being our witness) than to instruct those who govern and the faithful in general that they should be diligent to learn what opinion is had of them, so they may persevere in good and desist from ill.1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels: Now First Done Into English Prose and Verse, page 208
    • i. e. do not blurt it out abruptly, but begin by speaking of otherwhat and then gradually and discreetly introduce the mention of me and my case.1901, Hāfiz, Villon Society, The Poems of Shemseddin Mohammed Hafiz of Shiraz, page 181

Origin of otherwhat

From other + what.

Questions about otherwhat

What does otherwhat mean?
Otherwhat means something else; (some) other thing; especially in the phrase no otherwhat (“no other thing; nothing else”).
What part of speech is otherwhat?
Otherwhat is a pronoun.

Words near otherwhat in the dictionary

  1. otherwaise
  2. otherward
  3. otherwards
  4. otherways
  5. otherweise
  6. otherwhat
  7. otherwhen
  8. otherwhence
  9. otherwhens
  10. otherwhere
  11. otherwhereas

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